Multiple Choice
Plate tectonics states that
A) the continents move through Earth's crust like an icebreaker through ice.
B) earthquakes occur because tectonic plates break like a dropped dinner plate.
C) tectonic plates have not moved since Pangaea broke up.
D) tectonic plates are in slow,but constant motion.
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