Continental drift Continental drift Continental drift is the theory that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other, thus appearing to have "drifted" across the ocean bed. The speculation that continents might have 'drifted' was first put forward by Abraham Ortelius in 1596. The concept was independently and more fully developed by Alfred Wegener in 1912, but his theory was rejected by many for lack of any motive mechanism. Arthur Holmes later proposed mantle convection for that mechanism. The idea of continental drift has since been subsumed by the theory of plate tectonics, which explains that the continents
Drift (Transformers) Drift believes that Bumblebee is not a worthy leader, although they work very well in battle and Drift uses his chopper mode to lift Bumblebee to save Cade Yeager during the Autobots' raid in KSI with Attinger. During the battle in Hong Kong, Drift rides the Dinobot into the fight after helping Optimus free the Dinobots. Afterwards, Optimus Prime orders him along with the other Autobots to protect the Yeager family before he departs for space. Despite being a main character, Drift is not called by name in the film itself, though briefly during the scene where Galvatron chases the