Question

What are the evidences of Wegener’s Theory of Continental Drift?

• A. Edges of South America and Africa fit together like pieces of a Jigsaw puzzle.
• B. Fossil samples of identical species.
• C. Gold deposits in Africa and South America.
• D. African migrants in South America.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (C)

Gold deposits in Africa and South America.

With the below pieces of evidence, Wegener put together his theory:

• The edges of the Western coast of Africa, and the Eastern coast of South America, fit together like pieces of a Jigsaw puzzle.
• There were rock samples similar in age, as well as fossil samples of identical species found in both these continents.
• There were rich deposits of gold found in Ghana in Africa, but the sources of these deposits were nowhere to be found closeby. But, the gold bearing veins were found a long way away in Brazil.