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Explanation / Answer

2) the main physical evidense for moving the continental masses plate tectonisms. this was happended by dynamic nature of the earth that means due to convention in the mantle and density variations between core and mantle.


4) the lithospheric plates are the north american plate and the euracian plate and the pacific plate

are converge on japan


6) when the volcanics were erupted there so much ash and tuff are developed and these dispersed in to atmosphere polluted the environment mainly by ash