Which Statement About Continental Drift Is False

Multiple Choice

Which statement about continental drift is false?

A) When it was proposed, the idea received almost immediate acceptance.
B) Continents move because as magma rises, it exerts tremendous pressure on the plates that float on top of it.
C) Deep rift valleys have been generated from the same process that causes continental drift.
D) The theory of plate tectonics describes the movement of major landmasses.
E) The lithospheric plates float on a fluid layer of molten rock.