Multiple Choice
The idea that the continents had once fit together as a single supercontinent called Pangaea was rejected when first proposed because
A) geologists did not know of a force great enough to move continents.
B) the continents did not fit together tightly enough.
C) the fossil evidence was inconclusive.
D) the distribution of climatic belts did not make sense in that configuration.
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