ALFRED WEGENER
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1. Where and when was Alfred Wegener born?
 
 
 

2.  Where did Wegener do most of his study (2 Countries)?
 
 
 

3. Alfred Wegener earned his Doctorate in what subject?
 
 

4.  He later studied what subject?
 
 
 

5.  In 1906,  Alfred and his brother Kurt set a world record in this.
 
 
 

6.  Alfred made his first expedition to this country .
 
 
 

7.  Though not the first to notice, Alfred Wegener noticed what interesting feature when looking at maps of the world?
 
 
 

8.  When did Wegener put forth the idea for " Continental Displacement"?
 
 
 

9.  "Continental Displacement" eventually became known as this.
 
 
 

10.  Alfred Wegener published his ideas in what year?
 
 
 

11.  In what month and year did Wegener die while lost in a blizzard during his last expedition to Greenland?
 
 
 

12.  What is the name of the scientist who vindicated Wegener's theory of " Continental Displacement"?
 
 
 

13.  This mechanism explains how Continental Drift actually occurs. ( It proved Alfred Wegener was correct!)