( AULUG Identifying Evidence from Land Features Mountain ranges often appear on the edges of continents. What theory does this support? • Mountains were formed when Earth's crust cooled and Earth.shrank. Mountain ranges were formed when continents collided. • Mountain ranges did not exist millions of years ago. Mountain ranges were formed only by glaciers.

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Identifying Evidence from Land Features
Mountain ranges often appear on the edges of continents. What theory does this support?
• Mountains were formed when Earth's crust cooled and Earth.shrank.
Mountain ranges were formed when continents collided.
• Mountain ranges did not exist millions of years ago.
Mountain ranges were formed only by glaciers.
Answer

Mountain ranges often appearing on the edges of continents supports the theory that they were formed when continents collided.

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The theory of plate tectonics explains that the Earth's crust is made up of several large plates that move and interact with each other...
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