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which continents are thought to have fit together based on wegeners puzzle theory? question 7 north america and asia europe and australia antarctica and asia south america and africa
Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift (often referred to as the "puzzle theory" because of the way continents seem to fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle) proposed that continents were once part of a single supercontinent (Pangaea). South America and Africa are notable for their complementary coastlines. The bulge of Brazil (in South America) fits into the indentation of the African west coast (near Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire). This "fit" was one of the initial observations that led Wegener to further investigate continental movement. The other pairs (North America - Asia, Europe - Australia, Antarctica - Asia) do not have such a distinct and widely - cited continental - edge "fit" as part of the early continental drift evidence.
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South America and Africa