is there someone can explain me about continental drift theory?

Answer 1

all about the major continents of the world moving and relocating. they think all the continents were together as one millions of years ago, called gondwanaland. now theyve split and are still drifting

Answer 2

In 1915, the German geologist and meteorologist Alfred Wegener first proposed the theory of continental drift, which states that parts of the Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core. The fossil record supports and gives credence to the theories of continental drift and plate tectonics.

Wegener hypothesized that there was a gigantic supercontinent 200 million years ago, which he named Pangaea, meaning "All-earth".

Pangaea started to break up into two smaller supercontinents, called Laurasia and Gondwanaland, during the Jurassic period. By the end of the Cretaceous period, the continents were separating into land masses that look like our modern-day continents.

Wegener published this theory in his 1915 book, On the Origin of Continents and Oceans. In it he also proposed the existence of the supercontinent , and named it (Pangaea means "all the land" in Greek).

Answer 3

The surface of the Earth (the crust) is made of sections (tectonic plates) that float on top of magma(hot lava/molten rock). So, the continents are very slowly moving away from eachother over time. It used to be all one big continent billions of years ago, but it started to drift apart and that's why there are 7 continents now.

Answer 4

When I'm driving my 1960 Continental on the freeway, it sometimes drifts into another lane by accident.