Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Accepted or Rejected Theory

Why were Wegener's theory about continental  drift rejected at first ? 



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  1. Because he wasn't the first to have tat theory.

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  2. One problem was that a plausible driving force was missing.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_drift#Rejection_of_Wegener.27s_theory.2C_and_subsequent_vindication

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  3. Alfred Wegener's was a geologist who proposed the continental drift theory. His theory wasn't accepted because he couldn't explain the mechanism or processes behind the movement of continents.

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  4. Wegener's ideas about continental drift were initially rejected because he lacked enough evidence. This made it hard to support his idea simply because the continental plates move at a slow pace.
    http://www.ask.com/answers/25035361/why-were-wegener-s-ideas-about-continental-drift-initially-rejected

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  5. Wegener's ideas about continental drift were initially rejected because he lacked enough evidence. This made it hard to support his idea simply because the continental plates move at a slow pace.

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  6. Because he could show no mechanism for the movement of continents.

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  7. Wegener's ideas about continental drift were initially rejected because he lacked enough evidence. This made it hard to support his idea simply because the continental plates move at a slow pace.

    http://www.ask.com/answers/25035361/why-were-wegener-s-ideas-about-continental-drift-initially-rejected

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  8. Wegener's ideas about continental drift were initially rejected because he lacked enough evidence. This made it hard to support his idea simply because the continental plates move at a slow pace.
    http://www.ask.com/answers/25035361/why-were-wegener-s-ideas-about-continental-drift-initially-rejected

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  9. There were more logical theories other than the continental drift.

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    1. Wegener's ideas about continental drift were initially rejected because he lacked enough evidence. This made it hard to support his idea simply because the continental plates move at a slow pace.

      http://www.ask.com/answers/25035361/why-were-wegener-s-ideas-about-continental-drift-initially-rejected

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  10. Wegener's ideas about continental drift were initially rejected because he lacked enough evidence. This made it hard to support his idea simply because the continental plates move at a slow pace.

    http://www.ask.com/answers/25035361/why-were-wegener-s-ideas-about-continental-drift-initially-rejected

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  11. He couldn't show and mechanism for the movement of continents

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  12. Wagner's ideas were rejected about the continental drift because he didn't have much evidence, and he couldn't tell what mechanism for the movement of the continental plates.

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  13. Wagner idea was rejected because he lacked anough evidence

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  14. Because people were like, "Man you cray!".

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  15. there was not enough information to say he was right

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  16. Wegener did not have enough evidence.

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  17. Because he did not have evidence and it was hard to prove because the continental plates move very slow.

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  18. Because he did not have evidence and it was hard to prove because the continental plates move very slow

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  19. Wegener's ideas about continental drift were initially rejected because he lacked enough evidence. This made it hard to support his idea simply because the continental plates move at a slow pace.



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  20. One problem was that some driving force was missing, another reason is because some geologists thought that he didn't have enough evidence, you know, the ushe...

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  21. Amelia A
    Wegener didn't have enough evidence.

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  22. Wagner couldn't show and mechanism for the movement of continents.

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  23. He didn't have actual evidence.

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  24. His theory was rejected, because he didnt have enough spectral evidence.

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  25. His ideas about the continental drift were rejected because he lacked enough evidence to prove it.

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  26. Wagner's ideas were rejected about the continental drift because he didn't have much evidence, and he couldn't tell what mechanism for the movement of the continental plates.

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  27. His ideas were rejected because he didn't have NO evidence.

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  28. Wegener didn't have enough evidence.

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  29. They thought they were too large/heavy to drift and he was a meteorologist, so they thought HOW ON EARTH WOULD HE KNOW MORE THAN US?!

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  30. hes lacked enough evidence.

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  31. Because he did not have evidence and it was hard to prove because the continental plates move very slow.

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  32. Wegener's ideas about continental drift were initially rejected because he lacked enough evidence. This made it hard to support his idea simply because the continental plates move at a slow pace.

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    1. Great ideas! You are so smart!

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  33. wagners ideas were declined because he didnt have the evidence to prove it

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  34. He was required to have more evidence

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  35. The idea was rejected because there was not much evidence to support it.

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  36. he needed more evidence for them to beleave him

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  37. Wegener's theory of continental drift was generally criticized on both geophysical and geological grounds. However, post-World War II oceanographic evidence and development of plate tectonic theory in the 1960s have vindicated Wegener's basic conclusion that modern continents are drifted fragments of Pangaea. There also wasn't enough evidence for his theroy.

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    1. http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/histgeol/wegener/wegener.htm

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  38. He need more evidence.

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  39. Wegener's theory was rejected because he didn't have enough evidence to prove it.

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  40. His theory was rejected because he needed more evidence to prove it

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  41. cause nobody cares, or listened

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  42. Because he did not have evidence and it was hard to prove because the continental plates move very slow

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  43. they thought he was crazy.

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  44. His theory was rejected because everyone thought he was scary.

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  45. His theory was rejected because he didn't have enough evidence to prove it.

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  46. He needed evidence

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  47. it was a cray cray idea

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  48. Because he did not have evidence and it was hard to prove because the continental plates move very slow

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  49. his theory was rejected cause he needed more of the evidence !

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  50. They thought they were too large/heavy to drift
    and he was a meteorologist, so they thought HOW ON EARTH WOULD HE KNOW MORE THAN US?!
    Rate- Desi

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  51. His theory was rejected because there was not enough evidence to prove it valid.

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  52. he needed more evidence than he had

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  53. His theory was rejected because there was not enough evidence to prove it valid. I copyed form Abbie

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  54. Wegener's Theory was rejected because he did not have enough evidence. In-fact his theory wasn't proven until after he died.

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  55. Wegener's Theory was rejected because he did not have enough evidence. His theory wasn't proven until after he died.

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