The Continental Drift Theory

 Theory explains how the continents shift position on the earths surface.
 Alfred Wegener has already proposed a theory stating that all the land continents of the world are
moving and are once interconnected into a massive supercontinent. Also known as the
Continental Drift Theory
 all the 7 continents are once interconnected and form a massive supercontinent known
as Pangaea
-Greek term that means all earth

 He also proposed that the supercontinent broke off and moved to the position as we know
of today as time went by. Thus, the name continental drift. This theory leads to the
formulation of the modern-day plate tectonic theory.

Evidence Supporting the Continental Drift Theory

One of the most observable pieces of evidence of continental drift is the unseemly perfect
fitting of all the continents like a puzzle. 

1. Pangea
2. Gondwana land
3. 7 major continents and the 5 oceans
 1) Fossil Records
 Some fossil records of prehistoric flora and fauna are distributed on several continents
which suggests that the continents are once interconnected.
 One example is the fossils of Mesosaurus, an aquatic reptile from millions of years ago,
which remains are distributed in South Africa and eastern South America.
 Other examples are Lystrosaurus and Cynognathus which fossils are also distributed in
several continents.
2) Geologic Features
 Wegener also cited the similarities in some of the geologic features of some continents.
For example, North America and North Africa have mountain ranges that have
similar structures, ages, and types of rocks. In recent studies, it is also pointed out that
the crust of East Antarctica resembles parts of Australia and India.
3) Magnetic Polarity of Rocks
  Using a magnetometer, they observed the magnetic field intensity of the different
rocks.
 They observed that younger rocks point in the current magnetic pole north regardless of its
location. While older rocks of the same age and are located on the same continent are
pointed in the same direction but not to the current magnetic pole
 older rocks with different ages neither pointed to the same location nor the current
magnetic pole.
1) The continents remained fixed, and the north magnetic pole moved.
2) The north magnetic pole stood still, and the continents moved, or
3) both the continents and the north pole moved.