In Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift, how did the continents and the ocean floor move with respect to one another?
a. Wegener believed that the continents plowed through the thin ocean floor as they changed positions.
b. Wegener believed that the ocean floor and the continents simply moved around each other without deformation to either.
c. Wegener believed that the continents bent downwards and subducted under the ocean floor.
d. Wegener believed that the ocean floor bent downwards and subducted under continents.
e. Wegener believed that the continents floated over the ocean floor like ice floating across water.
a. Wegener believed that the continents plowed through the thin ocean floor as they changed positions.
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