Besides the fitting together of the continents, Wegener’s idea of continental drift was based upon which of the following?
A. fossil evidence between India and Africa
B. mid-ocean ridge system, middle of the Atlantic Ocean
C. magnetic “stripes” on the ocean floor
D. fossil evidence between S. America and Africa
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One of the evidence that supports Wegener's idea is the shapes of the continents match. The bulge of Africa fits the shape of the coast of Americas while Brazil fits along the coast of Africa beneath the bulge.
A. True
B. False
Wegener presented his continental drift theory in lectures in 1912 and published it in full in 1915 titled "the origin of continents and oceans".
A. True
B. False
According to Wegener's hypothesis that continents are moving today, what supercontinent apparently broke up about 200 million years ago?
A. Gondwanaland
B. Harryhessland
C. Wegenerea
D. Pangaea
Alfred Wegener, who first proposed the plate tectonics was a brilliant interdisciplinary scientist. He advanced the theory of continental drift in 1912.
A. True
B. False