Plate tectonics- continental drift

• Continental Drift


  The slow movement of continental masses over the Earth's surface
• Evidence to support Continental Drift


  • The fit of the continents (the jigsaw effect)
  • Identical species of land-based creatures found in continents separated by oceans
  • Rocks of similar type and age found at the edges of continents that could have once fit together
  • Common species of plants and animals located in different continents
• Continental Drift refers to the slow movement of continental masses over the Earth's surface
• The scientific evidence to support Continental Drift includes the fit of the continents (the jigsaw effect), identical species of land-based creatures found in continents separated by oceans, rocks of similar type and age found at the edges of continents that could have once fit together, and common species of plants and animals located in different continents