Continental Drift
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Continental DriftQuestions
- What (if anything) did Wegener propose as a mechanism for continental drift? Did this help or hurt his ability to convince other scientists at the time?
- What is the theory of continental drift?
- Who was Alfred Wegener?
- What causes continental drift?
- What were the problems with the theory of continental drift?
- What are some flaws in Alfred Wegener's Continental Drift Theory?
- How did sea floor spreading support Wegener's theory of continental drift?
- How does sonar help prove Wegener's theory of continental drift?
- What scientist is credited with developing the continental drift theory?
- What is the theory of Pangaea?
- How does Pangaea relate to continental drift?
- What is Wallace's Line?
- Which is more buoyant--a continental plate or an oceanic plate? Which would subduct if the two were to collide?
- Is Australia likely to collide with another continent in the next 20 million years?
- What is the difference between the theory of continental drift and plate tectonics?
- How are plate tectonics and continental drift similar?
- What is a transform fault?
- What force pushes upward on the continental crust?
- What is one type of evidence that proves the theory of continental drift?