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Q: Why didn't scientists believe Alfred Wegner?
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Alfred Wegner theory was rejected for a reason. This is because he didnt have enough information to prove that he is correct


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Because wegner didnt have proof to show what caused mountains.


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he couldn't figure out what was causing it, and he didnt have proof.


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They rejected Wegener's theory for half a century because he could not identify the cause of continental drift.


What did wegener hypothesis happened to the continents?

Alfred Wegner believed that continents moved because of earth's plates shifting. Because he could not prove why they moved because of the day in age he live, most scientist didn't believe him. Now, with the science we have today, scientists have proved that our continents shift about 2cm a year.


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some people didnt believe alfred wegener because he didnt have all the info the scientist wanted. like if they asked him a question about his theory on pangea and he didnt know then how could he have the evidence on the continental drift so yeah if they asked him a question he wouldnt know and thats what my collage teacher said but im now in university and not studing that so :)


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