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Through the mid-20th century, the major objection to Alfred Wegener's continental drift hypothesis was based on: O Apparent polar wander paths are different for each of the major continents in their present locations O Poor fit of the continents for reconstructed Pangaea in the Atlantic Earthquakes and volcanoes are randomly distributed around the Earth O No fossil evidence could support the suggested supercontinental configurations O Lack of a mechanism for moving continents through the oceanic crust Climatic zones had been the same (relative to poles and equator in their present locations) for more than 000 "I'

Through the mid-20th century, the major objection to Alfred Wegener's continental drift hypothesis was based on: O Apparent polar wander paths are different for each of the major continents in their present locations O Poor fit of the continents for reconstructed Pangaea in the Atlantic Earthquakes and volcanoes are randomly distributed around the Earth O No fossil evidence could support the suggested supercontinental configurations O Lack of a mechanism for moving continents through the oceanic crust Climatic zones had been the same (relative to poles and equator in their present locations) for more than 000 "I'

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Through the mid-20th century, the major objection to Alfred Wegener's continental drift hypothesis was based on: Apparent polar wander paths are different for each of the major continents in their present locations Poor fit of the continents for reconstructed Pangaea in the Atlantic Earthquakes and volcanoes are randomly distributed around the Earth No fossil evidence could support the suggested supercontinental configurations Lack of a mechanism for moving continents through the oceanic crust Climatic zones had been the same (relative to poles and equator in their present locations) for more than 300 million years
Transcribed Image Text:Through the mid-20th century, the major objection to Alfred Wegener's continental drift hypothesis was based on: Apparent polar wander paths are different for each of the major continents in their present locations Poor fit of the continents for reconstructed Pangaea in the Atlantic Earthquakes and volcanoes are randomly distributed around the Earth No fossil evidence could support the suggested supercontinental configurations Lack of a mechanism for moving continents through the oceanic crust Climatic zones had been the same (relative to poles and equator in their present locations) for more than 300 million years
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