Continental Drift

Question 1

Who created the theory of continental drift?

Answer 1

Alfred Wegener

Question 2

1. Give some evidence to prove that the theory is correct

Answer 2

The Mesosauras lived 265 million years ago, is 71cm and is a land based lizard. The lizard lived in South America and Africa. Because it is a land lizard it would not have been able to swim across so the tectonic plates must have moved.

Question 3

2. Give some evidence to prove that the continental drift theory is correct

Answer 3

The ocean floor has trenches and ridges geologists used submarines and echo sounders to work this out