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How did Alfred wegener hypothesize that long ago the continents were just one big land mass and hot separate as they appears to be today?
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He looked at a map and noticed that the west coast of Africa and the east coast of South America appeared to fit together like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle. The then began to see other continental Coastlines that apparently fit together.
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Why did wegener think the continents moved?
Wegener thought the continents moved because they looked on the map as if they were once connected in a "puzzle". He envisioned that the continents moved but the outlines remained.
What did wegener notice about the continents?
They were split up into plates.
Who first noticed how the continents fit together in 1911?
Alfred Wegener
Who obsered that the continents seem to fit together?
Alfred Wegener discovered the continents seemed to fit together (Pangaea) in 1915.
How did wegener communicate his ideas?
When Wegener's book was translated into English, French, Spanish, and Russian in 1924, he was widely ridiculed for his suggestion that the continents had moved. One of the main problems with histheorywas that he did not propose a driving mechanism for the motion of the continents.
What did wegener hypothesize happen to the continents?
they drifted together to form a single continent
Why did wegener think the continents moved?
Wegener thought the continents moved because they looked on the map as if they were once connected in a "puzzle". He envisioned that the continents moved but the outlines remained.
What question did wegener's theory answer?
how were the continents formed
Why was the hypothesis of continental drift rejected when it was proposed by wegener?
Wegener couldn't explain how or why continents moved.
Who wrote The Origin of Continents and Oceans?
Alfred Wegener
What did wegener notice about the continents?
They were split up into plates.
What did wegener think the force was that was moving the continents apart?
volcanos
Who came up with the theory of moving continents?
Alfred Wegener
What did Wegener think caused the Continents to spread apart?
An earthquake.
Why did Wegener propose Millions of years ago continents were one land mass?
Wegener's theory of continental drift proved the theory of Pangea (all continents as one land mass).
Was Alfred Wegener blind?
No he was not. If he was how could he have predicted that the continents were once together
Who believed the continents were once connected but drifted apart?
Alfred wegener
