Imagine you are a skeptic of Alfred Wegener. Write a one-paragraph statement to criticize his work. Your criticism must included challenges about:

a. Why the continents coul NOT possibly move the way Wegener is describing

b. How the fossils could naturally be located in the places Wegener found them, without the continents moving

c. Why Wegener is not qualified to be proposing theories in the fields of geology and Earth history

Wegener's theory lacks a supporting mechanism to drive his purported theory of continental drift. There are two main types of crust, the continental and oceanic crust. The crust is rigid and solid. It rests on the mantle, and it is not capable of moving on its own. With the upper part of the mantle, the crust makes up the lithosphere (plate) which can easily move over the plastic asthenosphere. Wegener failed to highlight this.

The climate and weather conditions of most areas the fossils were discovered are quite similar. Similar organisms inhabit most of the tropics. This can also be said of continental regions in time past. They could have supported related organisms at different places in as much as the climate is similar.

Wegener was a geophysicist, polar researcher and meteorologist. None of this discipline accurately equipped him to delve into postulating such theories.