Sea floor spreading
Subduction
Plate tectonics
Continental sift theory
The continents used to all form the supercontinent of Pangea. The theory of continental drift explains how they separated and formed today.
The continents used to all form the supercontinent of Pangea. The theory of continental drift explains how they separated and formed today.
The single super continent called Pangaea.
Sea floor spreading Subduction Plate tectonics Continental sift theory
Sea floor spreading Subduction Plate tectonics Continental sift theory
Sea floor spreading Subduction Plate tectonics Continental sift theory
The theory that suggests the Earth was once a single supercontinent that gradually broke up into the continents we know today is called "continental drift" proposed by Alfred Wegener in the early 20th century. This theory later evolved into the theory of plate tectonics.
The theory that suggests that the Earth was once a single supercontinent that gradually broke up into the continents we know today is called the theory of plate tectonics. This theory explains how the Earth's lithosphere is divided into large plates that move and interact with each other, leading to the shifting of continents over millions of years.
If put together, they would fit perfectly into one huge super continent like a puzzle.
The existence of the supercontinent Pangaea was first proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912. He developed the theory of continental drift which suggested that the continents were once joined together in a single landmass before drifting apart to their current positions.
The single huge continent that once existed according to the continental drift theory is called Pangaea.
Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist and geophysicist, proposed the theory of continental drift in the early 20th century. He suggested that continents were once part of a single supercontinent called Pangaea and gradually drifted apart over time.