Question

What is explained by the continental drift theory?

• A. The change of seasons
• B. The movement of Earth
• C. The Sun's movement around the Earth
• D. The arrangement of continents and ocean basins on the Earth

Answer 1

The correct option is D The arrangement of continents and ocean basins on the Earth

In the early 20th Century, Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist and geophysicist, proposed a theory that partially explained the present arrangement of continents and ocean basins on the Earth. This theory was the continental drift theory.