Learning from the history about plate tectonics on Earth,scientists now predict that
A)continents will continue moving apart for a few hundred million years more.
B)continents may come back together during the next few hundred million years,forming new mountain ranges and larger continents.
C)continents will soon slow in their drift and stabilize.
D)continents will speed up in their drift across the planet,potentially causing a sixth major extinction event.

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Plate tectonics has shown that continents have moved apart and come back together in the past. Therefore, scientists predict that the same will happen in the future, leading to new mountain ranges and larger continents forming. Continents slowing down or speeding up in their drift is not supported by current evidence. The idea of a sixth major extinction event due to the movement of continents is not a widely accepted theory.

Learning from the History About Plate Tectonics on Earth,scientists Now