Wegener's idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface became known as CONTINENTAL DRIFT.
- Alfred Wegener was a German geophysicist who proposed the continental drift hypothesis.
- According to this hypothesis, the continents were once a single landmass called Pangaea, which incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
- Wegener proposed that Pangea separated (approx. 200 million years ago) in order to create continents.
- Finally, the continents slowly moved to their current positions by a process he called continental drift.
In conclusion, Wegener's idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface became known as CONTINENTAL DRIFT.
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