Why Did Scientists Reject Wegener's Idea About How Continents Moved

question 25

Multiple Choice

Why did scientists reject Wegener's idea about how continents moved from Pangea to their present locations?

• A) Scientists did not believe in a fluid mantle.
• B) Scientists did not believe in uplift of continents from the ocean floor.
• C) Scientists did not believe that the continental lithosphere could be stronger than the oceanic lithosphere.
• D) Scientists were not convinced by his puzzle-like matching of continents into Pangea.

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