SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

PLANETARY INTERIORS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?
A
Hess
B
Pangea
C
Wegener
D
Wilson
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

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