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Wegener hypothesized that, on earth, there was only one continent called Pangea, but it split into the continents we have now.
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Wegener's hypothesis was that long 225 million years ago, there was a supercontinent called Pangaea (All the continents were all together).
Wegener saw that South America and Africa looked like they could fit together like puzzle pieces. He then found that there were fossils of animals in a warm climate and it was also in a very cold climate. He thought, "How could that be? The animal couldn't have lived in two different kinds of climates and how could it have swam across the sea?!"
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoHis theory is that millions of years ago all the continents were all connected and formed a super continent Pangaea. And also that through the moving of tectonic plates over the millions of years that the current continents broke apart and became what they are today.
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∙ 13y agoWegener's hypothesis was that the continents were joined together making the subcontinent called Pangaea.
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∙ 12y agoHe discovered Pangaea; once all the continents were together, as one big continent.
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∙ 15y agocontinental drift
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∙ 11y agocontinental drift
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Why was wegeners idea denied?
The scientific means for proving his hypothesis had not yet been developed.
The scientists of wegeners time should have accepted his hypothesis why or why not?
yes because they didnt know how wegners inteligence was and they should have tried it in the firts place anyway it would have helped relize that his hypothesis waas correct when they dobt of him!
What is Alfred Wegeners middle name?
Alfred Lothar Wegener
Why is Alfred wegeners invention or discovery important to science?
because it just is
A possible explanation or answer to a question is a?
A hypothesis
What evidence supports his hypothesis?
The evidence that supports wegeners hypothesis is the fossil evidence
What evidence did Wegeners have to support his theory?
Fossils support his hypothesis.
What was the reason wegeners continental drift hypothesis was rejected?
His evidence was incorrect.
Why was wegeners idea denied?
The scientific means for proving his hypothesis had not yet been developed.
What kind of fossil evidence supported wegeners hypothesis?
Because Katie beaver said so bitchhh
Wegeners hypothesis of continental drift was finally confirmed by?
evidence supporting the idea of sea-floor spreading.
Wegeners hypothesis of continental drift was replaced in 1967 by which theory that supported his idea continents move?
plate tectonics
The scientists of wegeners time should have accepted his hypothesis why or why not?
yes because they didnt know how wegners inteligence was and they should have tried it in the firts place anyway it would have helped relize that his hypothesis waas correct when they dobt of him!
The scientists of wegeners time should have accepted his hypothesis .why or why not?
yes because they didnt know how wegners inteligence was and they should have tried it in the firts place anyway it would have helped relize that his hypothesis waas correct when they dobt of him!
What discovery led scientists to accept Wegeners continental drift hypothesis?
One day while scientists were exploring the sea floor, they discovered sea-floor spreading, thus proving Wegener's hypothesis to be correct.
Why was the wegeners hypothesis o the continental drift not widely accepted at the time it was proposed?
Although it seemed to make a lot of sense, there was no known proof of HOW the continents would drift. It wasn't until years later that we gained knowledge of plate tectonics, which bolstered Wegener's hypothesis.
Why did other scientists not accept Alfred Wegeners theory?
why did other scientist not accpet Alfred Wegeners theory
