I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is option A. The gulf stream current is deflected by north america, causing the current to change direction. This is called continental deflection. <span>It is the process when a continent deflects the movement of a current (water or air).</span>
The physical systems of the earth include the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the atmosphere and the biosphere.
The hydrosphere consists of the earth's water. Approximately 70% of the earth's surface is water. It is found in oceans, lakes, rivers ponds, ice and ground water.
The Lithosphere consists of the solid surface that covers the Earth. Features such as hills, mountains, plateaus, plains and ocean basins are land forms covering the lithosphere.
The atmosphere consists of the thin layer of gases that surround the earth and rises up to 100 miles from the earth's surface, beyond which is outer space.
The biosphere consists of all things living on the surface of the earth and includes animals and plants.
Equatorial regions are the regions located on or near the equator. Equatorial regions have hot and wet climate. The Amazon Basin (South America), the Congo Basin (Africa) and some regions of Asia are located in equatorial regions.
Answer:
Correct answer is North America, which were a part of the so-called continent Laurasia. It was a continental mass, that included Asia, Europe, Greenland and North America.
Explanation:
According to geologists this supercontinent existed until between 66 and 30 million years ago. According to them actually there were continents, one in northern hemisphere, called Laurasia and the one in the southern hemisphere - Gondwana.
