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Why is the theory of plate tectonics more accepted than continental drift? Select all that apply.

It explains many geological processes.
It was supported by Alfred Wegener himself.
It is supported by a wealth of evidence.
It explained why there was a supercontinent, Pangaea.

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It was supported by Alfred Wegener himself.
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The scientist Alfred Wegener is most closely connected with the concept of continental drift. Wegener wrote a paper outlining his notion that the continents were "drifting" across the Earth.

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