Multiple Choice
How did seafloor spreading revive Alfred Wegener's ideas about continental drift?
A) Sea floor spreading relied on new fossil evidence documenting the former joining of the continents.
B) Sea floor spreading provided an explanation for the consumption of oceanic crust at plate boundaries.
C) The topography of the ocean floor demonstrated that mountain ranges on either side of the Atlantic Ocean were formerly joined.
D) Sea floor spreading prevented a viable mechanism for moving the continents.
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