Question

The Theory of Continental Drift says that the continents were once joined together and are drifting apart. Who is given credit for coming up with this theory? Question 5 options: Charles Darwin Alfred Wegener Marie Curie Alfred Wallace.

Answer 1

The Theory of Continental Drift says that the continents were once joined together and are drifting apart, Alfred Wegener is given credit for coming up with this theory.

What is continental drift?

Continental drift is a kind of illusion in which it looks like that continents changes their places over the surface of the earth.

The Theory of Continental Drift was given by Alfred Wegener, it is a hypothesis and according to this theory the continents will move with respect to the geological time relative to each other. And due to their movement on the non planar or dynamic geographical base it looks like a drift.

Hence, option (2) is correct i.e. Alfred Wegener gave this theory.

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