Question

When the Cocos Plate collided with another tectonic plate, forcing up seabed and volcanic mountains, what two land masses were eventually linked 4 million years ago?

ANorth and South America

BNorth America and Russia

CAustralia and New Zealand

DIndia and Asia

Select from the options above.

Correct Option: 1  

Explanation:
North and South America
The Cocos Plate to the west of South America slid under the Caribbean Plate, sediment from the then separated North and South America filled the gaps between the newly forming islands and the Panama Isthmus was formed.