Part of the east coast of South America and the west coast of Africa have matching fossils within the same series of rock layers. This provides evidence that these two continents were once _________.

a)
separated by a much larger ocean

b)
joined together as one landmass

c)
located near the North Pole

d)
in a different hemisphere

According to the theory of continental drift, the presence of matching fossil and rocks on both continents buttresses the fact that both continents were once joined as one land mass

The theory proposed by Alfred Wegener opines that the every continent on earth were once together as one supercontinent before they started breaking up and then drifting to their current positions.

The theory uses the presence of similar fossils, same rock types and layering, animals and plants on these smaller continent to buttress the point that they were once together as a single landmass.

Therefore, it provides evidence that the two continents were once joked together as a single landmass.

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