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Why did scientists argue against Wegener's continental drift hypothesis?
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Because he didnt have enough "scientific" eviedence
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Why did scientists argue against Wegners continental drift hypothesis?
Because wegner didnt have proof to show what caused mountains.
What was the main counterargument against wegeners evidence?
Many scientists dismissed the theory because it flew in the face of conventional wisdom.
Once you have your hypothesis what must you do next?
Test your hypothesis against the data
List ways hypothesis can be supported?
A hypothesis can be supported by checking it against your research to see if it is true, checking it against research done by others, and testing your hypothesis rapidity.
What should you do immediately after forming your hypothesis?
Test your hypothesis against the available data
What is a hypothesis for how many numbers can you remember?
A statistical hypothesis is anything that can be tested against observations. So the hypothesis can be that you can remember two numbers.
Why is a theory more accepted than hypothesis?
A theory is a hypothesis which has been tested (against "reality").
What are the continental?
An army established by the Continental Congress to fight against Great Britain.
Where is there a continental continental boundary on earth?
The Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau are formed by a continental-continental boundary where the Indian continental plate is moving north against the Eurasian continental plate.
Why did most scientists reject wegeners hypothesis?
I've included 3 links on Alfred Wegener's life. He died at the age of 50 in 1930. His speciality was meteorology and well published in this area. The concept of continental drift began by the observation of the close fit between South America and Africa. Fossil evidence gave some support to the hypothesis. The concept of the continents drifting for hundreds of millions of years was criticized as too radical a departure and based on scant evidence. Also, in Wegener's hypothesis was the existence of Pangaea, where initially all continents were connected. George Gaylord Simpson was a well known scientist who was highly critical of continental drift. The view to the contrary was the continents had remained fixed and it was the plants and animals that had dispersed themselves on both continents. Per George Gaylord Simpson, his paper in 1939 seem to lay a solid foundation against continental drift. Antarctica as a faunal migration route. Proceedings, Sixth Pacific Congress, 1939, p. 755-768. First of Simpson's papers that directly addresses historical biogeography. He argues that land-bridges and continental drift are not necessary to explain disjunctive distributions. "In scientific theory the best-supported and most nearly self-sufficient hypothesis should be preferred and unnecessary additional hypotheses should be rejected or held in abeyance." (See "Evolution and Geography," 1953.) It is recognized today that Alfred Wegener was way ahead of his time.
The continental system called for this action against british ports what was this called?
The Continental System called for an embargo against British trade.
What is the liberation hypothesis?
Liberation hypothesis is hypothesis impliying that when the strength of the evidence against a defendant is weak, jurors are free to rely on nonlegal information to inform their decision.
