Alfred Wegener noticed that Africa and South America seem to fit together what part of a scientific method does this correlate with

This co - relates to continent drift theory.

This theory states that the outer rigid layer of the earth or the lithosphere is divided into a couple of dozen "plates" that move around across he earth's surface relative to each other. That is why Alfred Wegener noticed that Africa and South America seem to fit together.

Though Wegener's hypothesis lacked a geological mechanism to explain how the continents could drift across the earth's surface as he proposed.