Question

Alfred Wegener was the first to offer scientific evidence for the theory of continental drift.

A.) True

B.) False.

Answer 1

Alfred Wegener was the first to offer scientific evidence for the theory of continental drift.

He thought of this idea by noticing that the different large landmasses of the Earth almost fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.

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Continental drift was a theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface. Set forth in 1912 by Alfred Wegener, a geophysicist and meteorologist, continental drift also explained why look-alike animal and plant fossils, and similar rock formations, are found on different continents

Thus the required answer is true

Answer 2

Answer is True.

Continental drift was a theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface. Set forth in 1912 by Alfred Wegener, a geophysicist and meteorologist, explained that continents on Earth’s surface shift position by continental drift theory. Wegener's theory was based on the study of fossils and rocks. The details of Wegener's theory of continental drift published in a book titled "The Origin of Continents and Oceans.