Question

what is continental drift theory
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Answer 1

Answer:

Continental drift was a theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface. Set forth in 1912 by Alfred Wegener, a geophysicist and meteorologist, continental drift also explained why look-alike animal and plant fossils, and similar rock formations, are found on different continents.

Answer 2

The theory of continental drift says that the continents are constantly drifting away from each other.

According to this theory:

• All the continents were one single continental mass called  Pangaea.
• The earth’s crust is made up of many sections called tectonic plates. The continents are located on these plates, which are always moving around.
• According to this theory, the supercontinent Pangaea began to split some two hundred million years back, into 2 big continental masses known as Gondwanaland and Laurasia forming the southern and northern modules respectively.
• Later, Gondwanaland and Laurasia continued to break into several smaller continents that exist today.