The Idea of Continental Drift,as Proposed by Wegener Around 1915,had

question 590

Multiple Choice

The idea of continental drift,as proposed by Wegener around 1915,had one major flaw,which was the:

• A) absence of a source for the forces and energy required to move the continents.
• B) lack of any evidence that Africa and the Americas had ever been joined.
• C) recent discovery of seafloor spreading, which contradicted the theory.
• D) measured rate of continental motions, which were far greater than predicted.

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