According to the theory of plate tectonics, continental drift is caused by:
A) climate change in the upper atmosphere.
B) molten rock flowing from hot regions deep inside Earth to cooler surface regions and back.
C) the smashing together of oceanic plates.
D) the collision of an oceanic plate with a continental plate.
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