Fill in the Blanks Evidence for Continental DriftOnline version Part 1 of evidence for continental drift. by Benjamin D Morgan 1 apart one RemainsOfGlaciers ShapeOfTheContinents OnceTogether jigsaw WarmNearTheEquator RemainsOfTropicalSwamps StayInPlace two DifferentContinents FossilEvidence ShapeAndAge HaveMoved OceansOrLand ColdNearThePoles climate slowly cannot ContinentalDrift distant MountainRangeEvidence When we look at the map of the Earth it is made up of continents . These continents . The continents do not . This is the Theory of . The idea that the continents move around the planet . The continents do not move quickly . One piece of evidence that supports this idea is the . The coastlines of some of the continents look like they fit together like a puzzle . For example , the coastline of Africa looks as though it would fit with the coastline of South America . This is evidence that these two continents were once together and drifted . Another piece of evidence is . The remains of now extinct organisms have been found on two or more separate continents . These species fly or swim long distances . Yet , no fossils of these organisms have been found in the between these continents . This is evidence that these continents must have drifted apart and were once continent and NOT continents . A third piece of evidence is rock evidence or . This rock evidence states that mountain ranges act as evidence for continental drift if they have the same . This means that two mountain ranges on are found that have the same shape and age then they were once together . The rock evidence tells us that the continents have drifted apart . Paleoclimactic evidence means evidence for continental drift from the of Earth in the past . For example , we have found the in tropical areas like Africa and South America . This tells us that these continents must have moved from someplace . In contrast , we have also found the in cold regions like North America and Northern Europe . This is a clue to help tell us that these continents probably moved from someplace . The Shape of the Continents coastlines , the fossil evidence , and the rock evidence all tell us that the continents were and drifted apart .
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