p.s im not sure coz i remember taking it in geography last year but i forgot it

In 1915, the German geologist and meteorologist Alfred Wegener first proposed the theory of continental drift, which states that parts of the Earth’s crust slowly drift atop a liquid core. The fossil record supports and gives credence to the theories of continental drift and plate tectonics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_drift

There are TONS of websites you could look at for more information.

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo/animations/ch2.htm#1

“This animation presents a view of the continents at the level of map precision available to Alfred Wegener, who proposed that the continents once existed as a vast supercontinent, Pangea, that later fragmented. “

http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/Moon/continent.html