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What observation led albert wegener to develop the hypothesis of a centental drift?
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Wegener first noticed that it looked like South America coastline could "fit" into Africa's. After that he analysed both their continental shelve's and this showed an even closer fit. The thrid observation that brought about his theory of continental drift was that he found fossils of the same animals (can't remember any names off the top of my head sorry) in both Argentina and east Somalia, Africa.
The animal is the Mesosaurus, a fossil known to live 270 million years ago. This animal was very unlikely to swim across the ocean, so the continents had to conjoined one time in the past. Hope this helps :)
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Why did other scientist not believe Alfred Wegener hypothesis?
he had few supporters and he had no mechanism to explain movement
What was NOT used by Wegener to support his hypothesis of continental drift?
The ratio of the price of tea in China to the average density of the Moon. Among other things. You might want to be more specific in questions like this.
Who made fun of Alfred Wegener's Drift Theory?
Alfred wegener's theory of continental drift was not accepted by most of the scientific community in his world.
Who invented the Continental drift theory?
Alfred Wegener
How do you pronounce Alfred Wegener?
like al-fread we-shan-a
What observations led to Alfred wegener to develop the hypothesis of continental drift?
The observation that led Alfred Wegener to develop the hypothesis of continental drift was that the continents looked like a puzzle that could fit together and then found out that fossils of similar kind and whats left of similar plants were found on opposite sides of the world.
What observation led Alfred wegener to develop the hypothosis of a central drift?
Nothing.
Why was Wegener's hypothesis reject?
Alfred Wegener couldn't describe how the plate tectonics moved. So, scientists rejected his hypothesis.
Why was Alfred Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift not taken seriously by most geologists?
Alfred Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift not taken seriously
Why was the hypothesis of continental drift rejected when it was proposed by wegener?
Wegener couldn't explain how or why continents moved.
What is Alfred Wegener known for?
His hypothesis of continental drift
Which type of evidence was not used by Alfred wegener to support his continental hypothesis?
Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis human remains
Which type of evidence was not used by Alfred wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis human remains
Who is credited with developing the continental drift hypothesis?
Alfred wegener
The man who pioneered the continental drift hypothesis was?
Alfred Wegener
What scientist had a hypothesis of the giant contenet Pangaea?
Alfred wegener
How did other geologist's feel about Alfred wegener's hypothesis?
i am not sure
