What was unknown to scientists during Wegener’s time?(1 point)

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Mountain ranges of some continents lined up.
Mountain ranges of some continents lined up.

Earth’s crust is made of plates that move.
Earth’s crust is made of plates that move.

The coasts of some continents fit together.
The coasts of some continents fit together.

Fossils were found in many places.
Fossils were found in many places.

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During Wegener’s time, what was unknown to scientists was that Earth’s crust is made of plates that move. Although Wegener proposed the idea of continental drift based on the fit of coastlines and the distribution of fossils, the concept of plate tectonics and the actual mechanisms behind the movement of the Earth's crust were not understood until later.