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EastWind [94]
3 years ago
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How do mountain chains provide evidence to support the theory of the continental drift

Geography
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alekssr [168]3 years ago
8 0

Theory of Continental Drift

If you take a look at a map of the earth today, you will see the current locations of broken land masses that constitute the earth. However, would you believe if someone told you that these broken land masses were once connected to each other as one huge supercontinent?  Well, this claim was made in the 90’s by Alfred Wegener, a German polar researcher, meteorologist and geophysicist who died in 1930.

Wegener’s theory of continental drift states that the existing continents of the earth were once glued together forming a super landmass. Over time, the landmass broke and drifted away and is still drifting to this day. In his proposal, he stated that the super content, which he named Pangaea, meaning ‘’all earth” once existed. The supercontinent was surrounded by water bodies, mainly oceans, and seas.

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lubasha [3.4K]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Mountain ranges provide evidence because they are separated by bodies of water on different continents. If the pangeia existed, these mountain ranges would be equal because the continents would be placed next to each other.

Explanation:

The main evidence of the theory of continental drift - and which made it possible to prove it after the Second World War - was the existence of ocean ridges, which are submarine mountain ranges originated by the expulsion of magma through geological cracks, located at points of separation between two tectonic plates.

These mountain ranges provide evidence because they are separated by bodies of water on different continents. If the pangeia existed, these mountain ranges would be equal because the continents would be placed next to each other.

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