Similar rock formations have been discovered in Brazil and South Africa. These rock formations
were formed at the same time and are made of the same types of rocks. What could explain how
these rocks got so far apart?

A. Brazil and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates were sometimes pushed far
apart by earthquakes, and soft, solid rock from underneath got added to the edges of the
plates

B. Brazil and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates floated away from each
other across the ocean.

C. Brazil and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates slowly moved apart as new
plates from underneath got added between them over millions of years.

D. Brazil and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates slowly moved far apart as
soft, solid rock from underneath got added to the edges of the plates over millions of years.