6. What was the one weakness of the theory of continental drift? A. It did not explain why the continents move. B. The theory was not supported by evidences. C. Majority of the presented evidence were fabrications. D. The scientist who proposed it was not popular enough.
Answer (1)
A. It did not explain why the continents move.The one weakness of the theory of continental drift was that it did not explain why or how the continents move. Alfred Wegener proposed that continents drift, but he could not provide a convincing or scientifically acceptable mechanism to explain the force or process that causes the continents to move across the Earth's surface. This lack of a mechanism was the main reason many scientists rejected his theory at the time.
