Alfred Wegener & Harry Hess Padlet by Justin Tran https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu Justin Tran and Melvin Maldonado en-us 2021-12-15 16:30:48 UTC 2025-11-16 15:22:59 UTC hello@padlet.com What is continental drift? 6474391 https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1949954821 The theory that the continents once formed a one landmass, then disintegrated and migrated to their current places.]]> 2021-12-15 16:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1949954821 What types of evidence did Wegener have to support his theory of continental drift? 420079 https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1949957906 Continent fit, ancient fossils, rocks and mountain range spreads. In addition, a place with an old climate.]]> 2021-12-15 16:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1949957906 Why were many scientists reluctant to accept Wegener’s idea of continental drift? 6474391 https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1949958986 Wegener's idea was largely dismissed since he proposed no mechanism for repositioning the continents. He believed that the force of the Earth's spin was sufficient to cause continents to move, but geologists understood this was not the case.]]> 2021-12-15 16:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1949958986 What evidence did Hess find to support Wegener’s theory? 420079 https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1949960926 The evidence that Hess found to support Wagener's theory was seafloor spreading. ]]> 2021-12-15 16:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1949960926 What other discoveries supported the work of Hess and other supporters of the idea of seafloor spreading? 420079 https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1949968458 They also discovered that the sediment cover is thinner near the ridge.]]> 2021-12-15 17:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1949968458 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? 420079 https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1949977179 No, Wegener's ideas about conditenal drift not being immediately accepted doesn't surprise. It doesn't surprise me because when you make a claim about a specific topic that serious, no one is going to believe you unless you provide true and supporting evidence. In my opinion, the explanation of a problem doesn't always need to able to resolve every issue. That's like saying every explanation has the answer to solving something.]]> 2021-12-15 17:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1949977179 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? 6474391 https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1949987144 I was not surprised because Wegener's believed that the force of the Earth's spin was sufficient to cause continents to move, but geologists understood this was not the case. Every explanation of a problem needs to be able to resolve the issue because you need to show evidence and explain your answer whatever you are solving.]]> 2021-12-15 17:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1949987144 420079 https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1950003479 2021-12-15 17:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1950003479 420079 https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1950004904 2021-12-15 17:18:08 UTC https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1950004904 420079 https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1950006853 2021-12-15 17:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/420079/6hrk93vs9adsfxwu/wish/1950006853