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Troyanec [42]
4 years ago
6

The unifying theory that explains such diverse subjects as continental growth, volcanic eruptions, and creation of mountain rang

es is known as:
Geography
1 answer:
Elan Coil [88]4 years ago
8 0

Answer: Plate tectonic theory is the universally accepted theory that describes the processes of mountain building, sea floor spreading, volcanic eruption as well as the growth of continents.

This theory explains how two plates moves and what are the structures associated with this.

Plate tectonic movement is of three types-

  1. Divergent plate boundary
  2. Convergent plate boundary
  3. Transform plate boundary
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