Relationships
The first name of the person Wegener married
Who is Else?
The year Alfred Wegener got married
What is 1913?
Many of Wegener's positions involved expeditions to this largest island in the world
What is Greenland?
This was Wegener's main theory
What is Continental Drift?
The total number of times Wegener visited Greenland
What is 4?
Name of the brother that Wegener worked with
Who is Kurt?
The year that Wegener published his first copy of The Origin of Continents and Oceans
What is 1915?
Wegener worked at many of these places, where he held jobs such as lecturer and professor
What is University?
The supercontinent that Wegener believed the continents had originally been part of
What is Pangaea?
Wegener participated in this war as an officer, but got injured and got off the front lines
What is World War I?
The name of Wegener's mentor
Who is Wladimir Koppen?
The day, month, and year he was born
What is November 1, 1880?
Wegener and his brother recorded studies of the atmosphere using this vehicle that rises in the air
What is a Balloon?
Many people in this science believed Wegener's idea was wrong because he wasn't trained in it, but still presented ideas in this topic
What is Geology?
The name of Wegener's lesser known book published in 1910 which he uses in Greenland
What is Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere?
The American geologist's work was similar to Alfred Wegener's, although they didn't work together
Who is Frank Bursley Taylor?
Alfred Wegener turned this old not long before he died in 1930.
What is 50?
In 1905, Wegener received a PhD in this subject
What is Astronomy?
Wegener's theory eventually led to this later theory which Harry Hess contributed to by starting the idea of seafloor spreading in the 1960's
What is Plate Tectonics?
The place in Germany he and his wife moved after marrying
What is Marburg?
The job held by Wegener's father
What is a Pastor?
The year Wegener made his preparatory journey to Greenland before he led his own journey
What is 1929?
This was the place Wegener found his first job after university
What is the Royal Prussian Aeronautical Observatory?
Wegener recorded information about many of these natural disasters things in Europe from the past few centuries
What are Tornadoes?
The explorer who lead Wegener's second expedition to Greenland
Who is Johan Peter Koch?