The energies which drive the continents to drift were tidal forces coming from the Sun and the Moon and centrifugal force and this is the other major weak point of the theory.
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Continental crusts composed mainly of granites ploughed through the oceanic crust of basalts and this drift mechanism is a fatal weakness of the theory.
A. True
B. False
Some scientists, like Austrian geologist E. Suess, thought that there were two continents, Laurasia on the northern hemisphere and Gondwana on the southern hemisphere, separated by Tethys.
A. True
B. False
In about 150 Ma before recent there was only one continent called Pangea,and one ocean called Panthalassa.
A. True
B. False
The evidences of the continental drift are:
A. The shapes of continents match
B. The plants and animals match
C. The rocks match
D. The ice match