Wegener had noticed that the borders of the continent matched up and fit together, almost like a giant jigsaw puzzle ... of ...

4 min read There are a few handfuls of major plates and dozens of smaller, or minor, plates. Six of the majors are named for the continents ... below propel them along like a jumble of conveyor ...

These continents are still on the move today. Exactly what drives plate tectonics is not known. One theory is that convection within the Earth's mantle pushes the plates, in much the same way that ...

The land on Earth is made up of different pieces called continents ... is made up of large slabs called tectonic plates. The plates fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces far beneath our feet.

According to plate tectonics theory, Earth's outer shell ... This slowly changes Earth's surface over time by merging, or separating, continents. Here, we used projections from Chris Scotese ...

The presence of oceans, continents ... complex organisms like animals didn’t appear until about 600 million years ago, which is not long after the modern episode of plate tectonics began ...

The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants ... similarly and annoyingly out of reach. However, just like astronomers and quantum physicists, geologists have ...

Plate tectonics is relatively new ... Live Science's news and features related to this constantly moving jigsaw puzzle.