Question

There are two continents with an ocean between them today the continents have very different and animals on them. However a geologist found fossils of the same type of organism on both continents millions of years ago when this type of organism was alive we know it lived in only one place . The geologist using the fossils as evidence to argue that the two continents used to be touching . How could the continents have gotten so far apart and how long did it take for this to happen

Answer 1

The continents broke apart due to plate tectonics. Both oceanic and continental lithosphere are broken apart into plates lying on top of a plastic flowing mantle. This plastic flowing mantle allows the plates to move. The plates can move in three ways: towards each other (convergent), away (divergent), or side to side (transform). The plates are constantly moving and still are today. They move about 2in a year. Therefore, It takes millions of years for the continents to get an ocean apart

Answer 2

The worldwide cataclysmic flood in the days of Noah caused the continents to move into the places we find them today. Earth has been affected by sudden, short-lived, violent events that were sometimes worldwide in scope.

This is called Catastrophism and it states that the Earth has been affected by sudden, short-lived, violent events that were sometimes worldwide. Creationists always opt for the catastrophic explanation and more often than not, this is the dynamic that best explains what we see in nature.

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