why did Alfred Wegener think that @ 1 point in time all the continents were connected?

Question

what made him think that

Answer 1

He noticed that the west coast of Africa nearly fit the east coast of South America, that certain earth strata on both were consistent with a close fit and that even animal fossils suggested a close fit as well as climate changes that could have resulted from movement of the continents relative to the poles.

Answer 2

Observation curiousity and initiative, these are three of the reasons that Alfred Wegener thought that the continents were connected. His curiousity was diverse, as he was an extremely intelligent individual. Attasched is a link for further information.

Answer 3

he likes puzzles!!!
joke!!!
In 1910 American geologist Frank B. Taylor proposed that lateral (sideways) motion of continents caused mountain belts to form on their front edges. Building on this idea in 1912, German meteorologist Alfred Wegener proposed a theory that came to be known as Continental Drift: He proposed that the continents had moved and were once part of one, large super continent called Pangaea. Wegener was attempting to explain the origin of continents and oceans when he expanded upon Taylor’s idea. His evidence included the shapes of continents, the physics of ocean crust, the distribution of fossils, and paleoclimatology data.

Answer 4

As many have said, the edges of the continents, or more properly, the edges of the continental shelves, appear to fit together. Wegener had other evidence, though. On the African and South American coasts, at points where they appear to fit together like puzzle pieces, geologic features (veins of minerals and ancient rock layers) also match up, as do the populations of fossils of ancient creatures at matching pieces of coast line. It was this triple whammy, the shape matching, the fossil matching and the geologic matching which gave Wegener the confidence to submit the suggestion of continental drift to the scrutiny of other scientists.

Answer 5

Alfred looked ta the western coastline of Africa and the Eastern Coastline of South America. He found that it was almost a perfect fit. That made him hypothesize bout Pangea. However,fossils of a certain plant was found only in Africa and S. America and nowhere else....ditto for the fossil of a specie of dinosaur. Too bad i 4got the plant and dino sp name.

Answer 6

He find some evidence for this theory for example he said that some continental margien have a correlation whit each other (soth American whit africa) and he find the same fossil in two point or more that have a lot of distence whith each other and some evidence about glaciar and magnetic of earth

Answer 7

He looked at the boders of the continents and wondered if they ever were one huge supercontinent. He was right. The name of the supercontinent was Pangea.

Answer 8

because he found different fossils at different continents.