Wegener's theory of continental drift
A)was first considered a monumental breakthrough in science.
B)was not accepted by the scientific community of the early 1900s.
C)proved that heat flows convectively below Earth's surface.
D)has been proved wrong.

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Wegener's theory of continental drift was not accepted by the scientific community of the early 1900s. It was met with skepticism and criticized for lack of evidence and a plausible mechanism for how tectonic plates moved. However, this theory eventually formed the basis for the modern theory of plate tectonics, which is now widely accepted.

Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift