Wegener's proposal that the continents had once fit together as a single supercontinent was rejected by geologists at the time because
A) Wegener could not provide a driving force strong enough.
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 at the time could not accept Wegener's proposal because he could not provide a driving force strong enough to explain how the continents could move. This was a major criticism of Wegener's theory, as the lack of a plausible mechanism made it hard for scientists to accept his idea of continental drift.

Wegener's Proposal That the Continents Had Once Fit Together as a Single