According to the plate tectonics theory, nearly 200 million years ago, the continents were one giant mass moving along the Earth’s surface. Over a period of time, this mass collided and disintegrated to form the present continents.
The collusion created mountains, of which the Ural Mountains could be one such instance. The reality that collusions and disintegrations did take place could be substantiated from the fact that there are similarities in the fossils of marine life found in certain continents. Research has proved beyond doubt that certain characteristics of mineral formations in areas of Africa are akin to certain others that are found in the Americas.
The plate tectonics theory evidences those geologic changes that take place due to changes occurring in the lithosphere plates over the asthenosphere, causing shifts and formation of mountain ridges in the gaps. The formation of the Ural Mountains could be best explained this way since it is seen this mountain range is spread over two continents, Soviet Russia and Kazhagisthan. The fact that certain fossil life found atop the Ural mountains match others found in other continents is demonstrative of the fact that the continents were united at one point in time and were split up under the influence of activates described under the plate tectonic theories.