Question

The scientist Alexander von Humboldt theorized that South America and Africa were once joined, and the scientist Antonio Snider-Pellegrini found evidence that Europe and North America were joined.

In the early 1900s, Alfred Wegener combined the evidence from both scientists to form which theory that states that tectonic plates move apart?

Answer 1

Answer:

The theory of plate tectonics states that the Earth's solid outer crust, the lithosphere, is separated into plates that move over the asthenosphere, the molten upper portion of the mantle. Oceanic and continental plates come together, spread apart, and interact at boundaries all over the planet.