Question

The image shows that landmasses now separated by oceans fit together like puzzle pieces and have fossils of the same organisms. These clues are evidence of
Question 20 options:

A)

slab pull.

B)

reversal of Earth's magnetic field.

C)

mantle convection.

D)

continental drift.

Answer 1

The clues you mentioned, such as landmasses fitting together like puzzle pieces and having fossils of the same organisms, are evidence of **D) continental drift**. This concept, first proposed by Alfred Wegener, suggests that continents were once joined together before drifting apart, which explains the similarities in geology and paleontology across distant landmasses.