C) gravity because gravity compresses the start into the most compact shape possible
The inner planets were formed by rock
Because they have the most to lose, imagine it like you have 10 towers and all collapsed from a tsunami. And the village next to you also collapses. The ten towers lost way more money and people in it then the villages
In short answer, The developed country just simply has a lot more to lose then the lesser developed one.
B. The continents on a map looked like they fit together.
A is the theory he proposed <em>after</em> making this observation
C and D would disprove his theory, not support it.