Question

What creates earth's largest physical features

a) asteroids that impact earth's crust
b) earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
c) the slow movement of earth's plates
d) wind and water erosion

Answer 1

The answer is c): the slow movement of the Earth’s plates

Step-by-step explanation:

The slow movement of the Earth’s plates leads to continental drift and formation of the largest physical features such as the oceans, mountains, continents, etc. Plate tectonics is a theory that can be used to describe the relationship between continental drift, the Earth’s outer shell, the number of plates it consists of, and how the plates glide slowly over the inner rocky layer (mantle) that is located above the Earth’s inner core. Plate tectonics can be used to explain the activities that lead to magma flow and continental drift which both create many of the Earth’s physical features.