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What is the name of the theory that explains why mountain ranges in Africa and South America line up?
Pangaea theory
landmass theory
continental drift theory
plate movement theory
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continental drift theory
Explanation: Alfred Wegener's continental drift theory says the continents were once joined (Pangaea) and later drifted apart, which is why mountain chains and matching rock formations line up across Africa and South America. The modern, mechanism-based explanation is plate tectonics (plate movement).
Explanation: Alfred Wegener's continental drift theory says the continents were once joined (Pangaea) and later drifted apart, which is why mountain chains and matching rock formations line up across Africa and South America. The modern, mechanism-based explanation is plate tectonics (plate movement).
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