What was Alfred Wegener's hypothesis about the continents?
Wegener's hypothesis was that all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart.
What evidence supported Wegener's hypothesis?
Wegener gathered evidence from different scientific fields to support his ideas about continental drift. He studied land features, fossils, and evidence of climate change.
Why was Wegener's hypothesis rejected by most scientists of his day?
Unfortunately, Wegener could not provide a satisfactory explanation for the force that pushes or pulls the continents.
Wegener's idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface.
the "supercontinent" formed when all the continents drifted together; it means "all lands"; existed about 300 million years ago.
any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock