A Sea Change in the Earth Science Paradigm

What was the primary reason for the initial rejection of Wegener's continental drift hypothesis?

Who was the geology professor at the University of Chicago that criticized Wegener's hypothesis?

What did Harry Hess discover on the ocean floor during WWII?

The term 'sea-floor spreading' was coined by which geologist?

The scientific community initially rejected Wegener's hypothesis because it lacked a plausible (a)   .

Hess's paper 'History of Ocean Basins' was described as an essay in (a)   .

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is part of the largest mountain range on Earth, known as the (a)   Ridge system.

Wegener's theory of continental drift was completely disbelieved when he published it.

Earth's gravity field is completely uniform.

A fathometer measures the (a)   of the ocean.