How does it provide evidence for Wegener's Theory Of

Continental Drift?
The continental Jigsaw Wegner’s theory states that overtime, the continents on opposite sides of the
ridge drift apart from each other. For example, the North American and
Eaurasian tectonic plates drift apart from each other with an approximate
rate of 2.5 centimeters per year. Wegener proposed the theory of all
continents once being part of a single large continent called Pangea
(translated to all earth from Ancient Greek). For example, the coastlines of
North America, Greenland and Europe match together like a jigsaw puzzle. It
was geologically shown that Antarctica’s coast lines were once
interconnected with the coastline of Australia but 85 million years ago, they
began to separate at a current rate of 7 cm a year.
Fossils It has been proved that the same type of fossils are found on separate
continents. This proves that all the continents were once one single continent
as the ocean would be a barrier for any fossils to transfer. One example is
the Mesosaurus which is a reptile with a similar form with a crocodile. It
existed 286 to 258 million years ago and it was found in South Africa and
South America. It is impossible for the reptile to travel across the Atlantic
Ocean as it was a coastal animal. Moreover the cynognathus, was a
mammal-like animal that existed 250 to 240 million years ago. Its fossils are
also found in South Africa and South America. This creature also could not
migrate across the ocean therefore it is only possible that these two
continents drifted away from each other. The fossils from the lystrosaurus
are only found in Antarctica, India and South Africa and they existed during
the early Triassic period. The fossils from the Glossopteris were found in
Australia, Antarctica, India, South Africa and South America. The Glossopteris
is a plant around 30m tall that existed during the Permian period.
Geology There is proof of truncated geological features to support Wegener’s theory.
For example, the basalt rocks in South America and Africa. were extruded
approximately 130 million years ago in the coastlines of these continents,
and both of them seemed like they had been cut in half.

Glaciation If the continents were in their current positions about 300 million years ago,
this glacier would cover most of the globe and extend above the equator. But
geologists have found no evidence of glacial action in the northern
hemisphere at this time, and instead say the climate was warm and even
tropical. Also, glacial striations found in rocks from the movement of this ice
sheet show that the direction in which it was moving was outwards from a
central point in southern Africa. If the continents are set adjacent to one
another at the south pole, these striations line up with each other.

Matching mountains Wegener specifically used rock composition and mountain ranges to provide
evidence of continental drift. He provided evidence that mountain ranges
occurring on opposite continents matched up pretty well when brought
together. This perfect aligning of mountain ranges indicated that the
continents were once together. The Appalachian Mountains were just like
mountain ranges in eastern Greenland, Ireland, Great Britain, and Norway.
Wegener concluded that they formed as a single mountain range. This
mountain range broke apart as the continents split up. The mountain range
separated as the continents drifted.