Evidence for Past and Present Plate Motion

Scientists know continents have moved because of several independent lines of evidence: matching rock types and fossils on continents that are now far apart, continents whose coastlines fit together like puzzle pieces, and patterns in seafloor rock that show where new ocean floor is forming and spreading apart. Together, this evidence supports the theory of plate tectonics: that Earth's rigid outer shell is broken into plates that move over time.

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