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What was the weakness of wegeners proposal of continental drift?
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an absence of fossil evidence
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Why is ''cotinental drift'' an appropriate title for wegeners theory?
Because Continental drift is when the continents drift apart because they hate each other.
What were Alfred wegeners accomplishments?
he theorized about the continental drift and he also said that a pangaea formed 200 million years ago
What is the name of the ancient sea that separated Gondwanaland and Laurasis in Wegener's Continental Drift proposal?
Tethys
Which observation supported Wegeners theory of continental drift?
The entire east coast of South America clearly appears to fit snugly with Africa's west coast.
What is the very slow movement of the continents is called?
Continental Drift
Does the case of mesosaurus support wegeners theory of continental drift?
yes it does.
What was the reason wegeners continental drift hypothesis was rejected?
His evidence was incorrect.
What was one major weakness of German geologist Wegener's proposal of continental drift that caused the scientific community to raise doubts about the proposal when he first proposed the hypothesis?
unsupported climatic evidence
Why is ''cotinental drift'' an appropriate title for wegeners theory?
Because Continental drift is when the continents drift apart because they hate each other.
Why were most scientists disagreeing with Alfred Wegeners continental drift theory?
There was no evidence to prove it
What was the name of Alfred wegeners idea?
Plate tectonics, which refers to the concept of continental drift.
Why most geologists rejected Alfred wegeners idea of continental drift?
dont ask me freak
Wegeners hypothesis of continental drift was finally confirmed by?
evidence supporting the idea of sea-floor spreading.
Why was wegeners theory of continental drift not accepted at first?
It was not excepted because they didn't believe him at all until it was proven!
What was the main reason wegeners continental drift was rejected?
He could not provide a wholly acceptable explanation for the movement of the continents.
Wegeners hypothesis of continental drift was replaced in 1967 by which theory that supported his idea continents move?
plate tectonics
What is the theory that plates have moved apart over tmie?
Alfred Wegeners 1912 theory of Plate tectonics and continental drift.
