Question

____________________ helps explain why there are a large number of marsupial mammal species in Australia and South America, two continents that were once connected

. A) Ozone production
B) Continental drift
C) The fifth mass extinction
D) The first mass extinction

Answer 1

Continental Drift because all continents were once connected by the name of Pangea

Answer 2

option: B is the correct answer.

( Continental drift)

Explanation:

" Continental drift describes one of the earliest ways geologists thought continents moved over time. Today, the theory of continental drift has been replaced by the science of plate tectonics "

Hence, Continental Drift helps explain why there are a large number of marsupial mammal species in Australia and South America, two continents that were once connected.