Ever since the continents were all mapped, people had noticed that many coastlines, like those of South America and Africa, looked as though they would fit together if they could be moved like ...

In 1910, Wegener noticed the matching coastlines of the Atlantic continents -- they looked on maps like they had once been fit together. He was not the first to notice this, but it was an idea ...

Here you will find videos and activities about the seven continents. Try them out, and test your knowledge with a short quiz before exploring the rest of the collection. Oh hello! I’m just ...

If this was the case, then mountains would be spread evenly over the Earth’s surface. We know that this is not the case. Wegener suggested that mountains formed when the edge of a drifting ...