Multiple Choice
The main reason why the hypothesis of continental drift was not widely accepted was:
A) The hypothesis required that the entire Earth was once frozen.
B) The hypothesis required long, narrow land bridges that did not exist.
C) There was no mechanism to move continents through the oceanic crust.
D) All of these were reasons the hypothesis was not widely accepted.
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