Question

The theory of plate tectonics:

Answer 1

A) .was immediately accepted

Explanation:

The theory of plate tectonics was immediately recognized as the explanation for the moving continents. It provided a more scientific background as why continents drift apart and the seafloor keeps spreading.

• The theory explains that the earth is broken up into series of slabs called lithosphere which moves on the weak, ductile and fluid asthenosphere.
• The movement of part of the earth mantle provided the mechanism through which the lithosphere moves. This is now known as the mantle convection.
• This theory provided a scientific mechanism through which the plate moves and seafloor spreads.
• It was immediately accepted when the theory was propounded by Alfred Holmes in the 1930s

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