Question

Which continents are mirror images of each other?
1. Europe and Asia
2. Asia and Africa
3. North America and South America
4. Africa and South America

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Africa and South America

The correct answer is Africa and South America.

• The Matching of Continents (Jig-Saw-Fit)
  • The similarity in the outline of the coastlines of eastern South America and West Africa had been noted for some time.
  • The best fit is obtained if the coastlines are matched at a depth of 1,000 metres below current sea level. Eastern South American and West African.
• Rocks of Same Age Across the Oceans:
  • The radiometric dating methods developed in the recent period have facilitated correlating the rock formation from different continents across the vast ocean.
  • The belt of ancient rocks of 2,000 million years from Brazil coast matches with those from western Africa.
  • The earliest marine deposits along the coastline of South America and Africa are of the Jurassic age.
  • This suggests that the ocean did not exist prior to that time.