GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

TECTONICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who came up with the theory of continental drift?
A
Harry Hess
B
Albert Einstein
C
Alfred Wegener
D
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Alfred Wegener in Greenland. Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth’s land masses are in constant motion. The realization that Earth’s land masses move was first proposed by Alfred Wegener, which he called continental drift.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alfred Wegener proposed that the continents were once united into a single supercontinent named Pangaea, meaning all earth in ancient Greek. He suggested that Pangaea broke up long ago and that the continents then moved to their current positions. He called his hypothesis continental drift.

Detailed explanation-3: -Alfred Wegener, in full Alfred Lothar Wegener, (born November 1, 1880, Berlin, Germany-died November 1930, Greenland), German meteorologist and geophysicist who formulated the first complete statement of the continental drift hypothesis.

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