The <em>Acadians</em> ... who came from the French-speaking <em>Acadiana</em> region in
Canada, navigated all the way down the east coast of the US, around Florida,
and then for some mysterious and eternally inexplicable reason decided to settle
on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, generally between Nawlins and Lak Charlie ...
soon became addressed by the locals there as " <em>Cajuns</em> ".
Answer:
Correct answer is Wegener had no compelling mechanism to explain what would cause the continents to move.
Explanation:
A is not correct as through his researches he presented his theory to other scientist.
B is not correct as Wegener was very educated, and was even even working as a professor at University.
C is correct that although he presented his theory, he couldn't explain totally how it happened.
D is not correct as during his lifetime his theory wasn't widely accepted. That happened 20 years after his death.
Answer:
Compression squeezes rocks together, causing rocks to fold or fracture (break) (figure 1). ... Rocks under tension lengthen or break apart. Tension is the major type of stress at divergent plate boundaries. When forces are parallel but moving in opposite directions, the stress is called shear
Explanation:
Answer:
To study the element of geography is to study of the physical features of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, including how humans affect them, and the ways they affect humans.