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What are the similarities between Wegener's oringinal hypothesis of condinental drift and the theory of plate tectonics?
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In what stage of the scientific process is plate tectonics?
Hypothesis
Why was Wegener's hypothesis reject?
Alfred Wegener couldn't describe how the plate tectonics moved. So, scientists rejected his hypothesis.
What hypothesis by Alfred Wegener explains why continents seem to fit together?
plate tectonics
What are the similarities of the continental drift theory sea floor spreading and the plate tectonics theory?
the similarities of this 3 theory is,,,, they are all theory....
What is similarities tectonics and theory of the continental drift?
Tectonics is the large scale processes effecting the crust. The large scale process that is accepted to be occurring is plate tectonics (crust separated into plates that move and interact). The theory of continental drift suggested that continents moved however it never proposed a mechanism, plate tectonics is that mechanism that explains what alfred wegener saw. So back to your question similarities between what i think you mean modern tectonics i.e. plate tectonics and continental drift is that they both suggest the crust is moving.
What is one hypothesis regarding the formation of a divergant boundary on a continent?
i dont know if its is true, but plate tectonics
Wegeners hypothesis of continental drift was replaced in 1967 by which theory that supported his idea continents move?
plate tectonics
Unlike Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift the theory of plate tectonics describes Earth's surface as?
A set of moving sections of lithosphere
Who proposed the hypothesis that the continents were once joined in a single supercontinent?
Alfred Wegener proposed the hypothesis of continental drift in 1912, suggesting that the continents were once joined in a supercontinent he called Pangaea. His idea laid the groundwork for the development of the theory of plate tectonics.
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.
What is one hypothesis regarding the formation of a divergent boundary on a continent?
i dont know if its is true, but plate tectonics
What theory replaced Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?
I think that continetal drift replaced his theory
