Which of the following is true regarding Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift?
A) it was immediately adopted because of his geological background.
B) although he provided a mechanism for continental drift,he could not find evidence of it.
C) he was the first to propose that the continents moved.
D) he believed that 225 million years ago all the continents were joined together to form Pangaea.
E) he proved that the continents float on water and move with convection currents.
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