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Biological Evidence and the Fossil Record — Test

Question 23 • TPS EdX Biology

In Wegener's view, what caused mountain ranges to form?

Answer
A
continents colliding
B
volcanoes
C
Earth shrinking
D
meteorite impacts

Explanation

Wegener proposed that continents drifted across Earth’s surface and pushed into one another. The collision crumpled and uplifted the edges of the continents, forming mountain ranges. So the correct choice is continents colliding.

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