Question

The Continental Drift Hypothesis was rejected many times by scientists in the early 1900s. why was the theory always dismissed?

Answer 1

The main reason that Wegener's hypothesis was not accepted was because he suggested no mechanism for moving the continents. He thought the force of Earth's spin was sufficient to cause continents to move, but geologists knew that rocks are too strong for this to be true.

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