Question

The early hypothesis of _______ was based on observations that suggested continents were once joined together. Later, the theory of _______ explained why large pieces of Earth's surface move around and how many of Earth's features form. A. continental drift; plate tectonics B. plate tectonics; continental drift C. gravitational force; continental drift D. plate tectonics; gravitational force

Answer 1

it would be Alfred wegener  and the other one is of plate tectonics

Answer 2

Continental drift; plate tectonics

Alfred Wegener develoepd the hypothsis of contenetial drift. This hypothesis basically implied that the continents were in motion. Scientists, though, were left to wonder why. In this case, the theory of plate tectonics explained Alfred Wegener's hypothesis of the continents moving.