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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.
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.
Which theory explains how the continents drifted from one landless to their present locations?
The theory of continental shift is plate tectonics. Pangea was a supercontinent that broke up and drifted into the continents we have today (and are still drifting).
What is drifted to their present positions when land mass broke apart?
continents
Why were Wegener's ideas not immediately accepted by the scientific community?
He could not explain why the continents drifted.
Who believed the continents were once connected but drifted apart?
Alfred wegener
Who developed the idea that continents were once joined and have since drifted apart?
wegener
What did wegener hypothesize happen to the continents?
they drifted together to form a single continent
Why was Alfred wegener theory rejected in the early 1900s?
he had no proof how the continents drifted or what made them drift
What did Alfred Wegener therize?
Alfred Wegener theorize that all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart.
As hypothesized by Alfred Wegener what is the history of Earth's continents?
They were joined together, then drifted apart to their current positions
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).
What did Wegener propose as a method of explaining the close fit of the continents on either side of the Atlantic Ocean?
the magma is hot
How did Alfred Wegener prove that pangaea existed?
truth is he couldn't prove it he tryed to show the scientists that the continents could have drifted but the scientists did NOT believe him
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 is continental shift?
Continental drift is the idea that Wegener created, that all the continents were once a single landmass which he called Pangaea, and they have since drifted apart.
