Why Were Wegener's Continental Drift Ideas Rejected by Many Contemporary

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Multiple Choice

Why were Wegener's continental drift ideas rejected by many contemporary and later scientists?

• A)His drift mechanism seemed impossible on the basis of known physical processes.
• B)Land bridges were proven to have aided in animal and plant migrations.
• C)The ocean basins were well known to be geologically young, Mesozoic and Cenozoic features.
• D)The gravitational attractions of the Sun and Moon were not strong enough to move the continents from the southern to the northern hemisphere.

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