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What drives the process of plate tectonicsthe currentlyrics accepted explanation for the movement of drifting continents?
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What is the theory that explain why continents move?
Tectonic Plates Theory, which is now accepted as fact.
Continental drift was not widely accepted when it was first proposed because?
Wegener couldn't explain why or how the continents moved
What drives the process of plate tectonics the currently accepted explanation for the moment movement of drifting continents?
magma (molten rock) under the crust is going in circles ~ it gets hot rises up then cools down and goes back down again and because it goes in circles its pulling the plates apart and that's whats making then drift slowly apart.
Why is plate tectonics a theory and not a law?
Despite what Creationist would have you believe (when debating other topics) theory does not mean hypothesis or speculation. In science, a theory is an explanation of the natural world that is well-substantiated by evidence. This includes a number of explanations that are so well-substantiated by evidence that there is virtually no doubt among scientists that it is the correct explanation. These include the theory of plate tectonics, the thoery of evolution, atomic theory, and germ theory.
The continental drift hypothesis was rejected because Alfred wegener could not?
Because Alfred Wegener couldn't specify the mechanism responsible for the movement of the continents, the continental drift hypothesis was rejected. This theory is now accepted science.
What drives the process of plate tectonics the currently accepted explanation for the movements of drifting continents?
Unequal heat distribution.
What drives the process of plates tectonics the currently accepted explanation for the movement of drifting continents?
Unequal heat distribution.
What is widely accepted explanation based on experimental result?
A theory is a widely accepted explanation based on experimental results.
Where are glaciated regions associated?
At times, all the world's continents have been glaciated. A feature called 'inselberg' is often accepted as evidence of ancient glaciation unless some other explanation is more credible.
When an explanation to a problem is accepted as always true?
law
An accepted and universally true explanation of observed facts is a?
A Guess...!
Is a widely accepted explanation based on experimental results?
Theory
Why were Wegener's ideas not immediately accepted by the scientific community?
He could not explain why the continents drifted.
What is a widely accepted explanation based on experimental results?
Theory
What is an explanation that is generally accepted only on a series of observations called?
Hypothesis.
Whose explanation is accepted for how the convict broke into the pantry?
Mr. Pumblechook's
Unexplained variation means?
No credible accepted explanation, discovery or definition.
