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3. explain the theory of continental drift.

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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.

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Continental Drift is the theory that all the continents of the world were once connected as one super-continent, called Pangea. The theory is that over time, the continents broke apart and became different continents, as we know it today.
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