As the caribbean plate moved away from africa, it carried small continental pieces with it, and those pieces became the islands of the a. greater antilles. b. caribbean. c. lesser antilles. d. guiana highlands.

As the Caribbean plate moved away from Africa, it carried small continental pieces with it, and those pieces became the islands of the Greater Antilles.

Option A

Explanation:

The Greater Antilles is an archipelago and it consists of present day countries like Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic. The origin of The Greater Antilles dates back to the Paleozoic age.

It happens when the tectonic plates moved due to force of the movement of the plates from continents like Africa, America in north and south. The Antilles was the term coined by the Europeans and since these islands are situated at the Caribbean Sea, the Caribbean Sea was also called as the “Sea of the Antilles” .

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