Continents do not fit together perfectly, for the same reason a cookie won't if you were to break it violently. ...Some of the pieces that would otherwise cause a perfect fit falls off from the larger pieces as small/large crumbs. Therefore, since it was a powerful force that caused continents to drift, some of the pieces connected to the landmass had most likely fallen or remains adrift as an island or other type of landmass.
every one should because the continents did once fit together
When all the continents fit together into one big continent, we call that Pangaea.
Alfred Wegener proposed that the continents of South America and Africa looked like they could fit together like puzzle pieces to form a single landmass called Pangaea.
The continents fit together just like a puzzle. The edges of the continents line up so that South America fits right against Africa.
Yes. They think the earth's crust (where we are right now), is broken into huge plates (the continents) that fit together, but move very slowly. Thank you for asking.
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Continents do not fit together perfectly, for the same reason a cookie won't if you were to break it violently. ...Some of the pieces that would otherwise cause a perfect fit falls off from the larger pieces as small/large crumbs. Therefore, since it was a powerful force that caused continents to drift, some of the pieces connected to the landmass had most likely fallen or remains adrift as an island or other type of landmass.
During the formation of Pangaea, the continents fit together in a supercontinent that was surrounded by a single large ocean called Panthalassa. The shapes of today's continents suggest that they were once connected, as evidenced by the matching coastlines of South America and Africa.
The edges of Earth's continents fit together like a jigsaw puzzle due to the theory of plate tectonics. This theory suggests that the Earth's crust is divided into large plates that move and interact with each other over time. Over millions of years, the continents have shifted and drifted apart, causing their edges to fit together.
Alfred Wegener proposed the idea of continental drift, suggesting that the continents of South America and Africa fit together like a puzzle. He used geological and fossil evidence to support his theory of the supercontinent Pangaea.