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Jemmily - C. Why were many scientists reluctant to accept Wegener’s idea of continental drift?

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Jemmily - C. Why were many scientists reluctant to accept Wegener’s idea of continental drift?

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Many scientists were reluctant to accept Wegener's idea of continental drift because he couldn't explain how the continents would move and because he was a meteorologist, not a geologist.

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Samantha - A. What is continental drift?

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Samantha - A. What is continental drift?

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Continental Drift is the theory on how the earth's continents have moved through geologic time.

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Alexis - B. What types of evidence did Wegener have to support his theory of continental drift?

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Alexis - B. What types of evidence did Wegener have to support his theory of continental drift?

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Types of evidence Wegener had were that the edges of the continents all fit almost perfectly together which was the basis for his theory. Other evidence includes the fact that there were large-scale geographic features that matched across continents, such as the Appalachian Mountains in the United States compared to the Scottish Highlands, and rock strata in South Africa compared to some in Brazil, in both instances the rocks were nearly identical. Another piece of evidence included finding fossils of tropical plants on an Arctic island of Spitzbergen.

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Stephanie - D. What evidence did Hess find to support Wegener’s theory?

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Stephanie - D. What evidence did Hess find to support Wegener’s theory?

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The evidence that Hess found to support Wegener's theory was that new crust is generated in the ocean from underwater volcanoes, pushing the rest of the crust in different directions and therefore moving it, this theory was called seafloor spreading and was found through use of sonar technology which mapped the ocean floor.

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Jemmily 1. Does it surprise you that Wegener’s ideas about continental drift were not immediately accepted? Do you think that explanations that can explain most, but not all, of a problem should be taken seriously? Or does the explanation of a problem need to be able to resolve every issue?

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Jemmily 1. Does it surprise you that Wegener’s ideas about continental drift were not immediately accepted? Do you think that explanations that can explain most, but not all, of a problem should be taken seriously? Or does the explanation of a problem need to be able to resolve every issue?

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The fact that Wegener’s ideas about continental drift were not immediately accepted is not surprising because the concept was such a big leap in logic. Even with evidence provided the very idea that continents, areas bigger than could be seen by anyone at the time which could take several weeks to traverse, seemed utterly preposterous. Any other idea to explain these "phenomena" seems more practical in comparison to this. Of course, even though the theory couldn't explain everything it should have still been taken into account. Something with this strong evidence while it is not foolproof and therefore could not be taken as the only truth could definitely be used in other developing other theories. Therefore, it should be taken seriously, even with a few problems, though not taken as what is definitely happening.

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Samantha - 1. Does it surprise you that Wegener’s ideas about continental drift were not immediately accepted? Do you think that explanations that can explain most, but not all, of a problem should be taken seriously? Or does the explanation of a problem need to be able to resolve every issue?

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Samantha - 1. Does it surprise you that Wegener’s ideas about continental drift were not immediately accepted? Do you think that explanations that can explain most, but not all, of a problem should be taken seriously? Or does the explanation of a problem need to be able to resolve every issue?

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Alexis - 1. Does it surprise you that Wegener's ideas about continental drift were not immediately accepted? Do you think that explanations that can explain most, but not all, of a problem should be taken seriously? Or does the explanation of a problem need to be able to resolve every issue? 

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Alexis - 1. Does it surprise you that Wegener's ideas about continental drift were not immediately accepted? Do you think that explanations that can explain most, but not all, of a problem should be taken seriously? Or does the explanation of a problem need to be able to resolve every issue? 

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Stephanie - 1. Does it surprise you that Wegener’s ideas about continental drift were not immediately accepted? Do you think that explanations that can explain most, but not all, of a problem should be taken seriously? Or does the explanation of a problem need to be able to resolve every issue?

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Stephanie - 1. Does it surprise you that Wegener’s ideas about continental drift were not immediately accepted? Do you think that explanations that can explain most, but not all, of a problem should be taken seriously? Or does the explanation of a problem need to be able to resolve every issue?

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I am not surprised that Wegener's ideas about the continental drift not immediately accepted because it was a big leap and not many people believed it.  They should be taken seriously because they have an explanation. The explanation of a problem  doesnt always have to resolve every problem but it should fix some, to the point to learn from it. And to take the problem seriously the information has to be accurate.

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Jemmily - E. What other discoveries supported the work of Hess and other supporters of the idea of seafloor spreading?

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Jemmily - E. What other discoveries supported the work of Hess and other supporters of the idea of seafloor spreading?

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Other discoveries that supported the work of Hess and other supporters of the idea of seafloor spreading was the idea of magnetic polarity, where the Earth's polarity reverses, each switch lasting less than 200,000 years. Rocks in the seafloor crust were shown to mirror these polarity switches through a symmetrical pattern of alternating polarity stripes which proved that that crust was formed during these times