What are the two reasons why people didn't accept Alfred Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift?
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it wasn't correct
he was deemed crazy earlier on in his life and no one believed anything he did
he suggested that the continents were moving around due to the Earth’s rotation
he was a meteorologist, not a geologist.
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What was this stage of the continental drift called?
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how long ago was this stage of the continental drift?
200 million years ago
250 million years ago
221 million years ago
250 years ago
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What was this stage of the continental drift called?
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how long ago was this stage of the continental drift?
200 million years ago
221 million years ago
250 million years ago
195 million years ago
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What was this part of the world called?
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What was this part of the world called?
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