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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Geologists did not know of a force great enough to move continents at the time Pangaea was first proposed, and therefore rejected the idea. It was only later, with the discovery of plate tectonics, that the idea became widely accepted.

The Idea That the Continents Had Once Fit Together as a Single