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During the Carboniferous period large swamp forests extended across wet tropical regions such as North America eventually forming?
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What are the climates for north America and south America?
there are different type of climate in north America. there are tropical summer, tropical desert, tropical Mediterranean, tropical arid and etc..
What continent has a tropical rainforest?
The continent of South America has a tropical rainforest.
Geologic events of the Carboniferous period?
== == The Carboniferous Period occurred from about 354 to 290 million years ago during the late Paleozoic Era. The term "Carboniferous" comes from England, in reference to the rich deposits of coal that occur there. These deposits of coal occur throughout northern Europe, Asia, and midwestern and eastern North America. The term "Carboniferous" is used throughout the world to describe this period, although this period has been separated into the Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous) and the Pennsylvanian (Upper Carboniferous) in the United States. This system was adopted to distinguish the coal-bearing layers of the Pennsylvanian from the mostly limestone Mississippian, and is a result of differing stratigraphy on the different continents. ---- Carboniferous Forest : The Carboniferous Period is famous for its vast coal swamps, such as the one depicted here. Such swamps produced the coal from which the term "Carboniferous", or "carbon-bearing" comes. ---- In addition to having the ideal conditions for the beginnings of coal, several major biological, geological, and climatic events occurred during this time. One of the greatest evolutionary innovations of the Carboniferous was the amniote egg, which allowed for the further exploitation of the land by certain tetrapods. The amniote egg allowed the ancestors of birds, mammals, and reptiles to reproduce on land by preventing the desiccation of the embryo inside. There was also a trend towards mild temperatures during theCarboniferous, as evidenced by the decrease in lycopods and large insects and an increase in the number of tree ferns. Geologically, the Late Carboniferous collision of Laurussia (present-day Europe and North America) into Godwanaland (present-day Africa and South America) produced the Appalachian mountain belt of eastern North America and the Hercynian Mountains in the United Kingdom. A further collision of Siberia and eastern Europe created the Ural Mountains. The stratigraphy of the Lower Carboniferous can be easilydistinguished from that of the Upper Carboniferous. The environment of the Lower Carboniferous in North America was heavily marine, when seas covered parts of the continents. As a result, most of the mineral found in Lower Carboniferous is limestone, which are composed of the remains of crinoids, lime-encrusted green algae, or calcium carbonate shaped by waves. The North American Upper Carboniferous environment was alternately terrestrialand marine, with the transgression and regression of the seas caused by glaciation. These environmental conditions, with the vast amount of plant material provided by the extensive coal forests, allowed for the production of coal. Plant material did not decay when the seas covered them and pressure and heat eventually built up over the millions of years to transform the plant material to coal. ---- ---- Subdivisions of theCarboniferous: The chart at left shows the major subdivisions of the Carboniferous Period.The Lower Carboniferous of Europe corresponds roughly to the Mississippian of North America, and the Middle and Upper Carboniferous are roughly equivalent to the Pennsylvanian. This chart is mapped, to allow you to travel back to the Devonian orforward to the Permian. The Carboniferous Period is part of thePaleozoic Era. ----
Which would be more tropical north or south America?
south america would be more tropical because its below the equator
What is the climate of the Northern half of South America?
Tropical.
Were to find the tropical rainforest?
north America,Africa,south America
What type of weather can be found in south America but not central America?
Tropical
What type of weather can be found in South America but not in Central America?
Tropical
What tropical fruits begin with the letter U?
Uvilla is a tropical fruit. It is a berry that grows in tropical areas of South America.
What is a tropical plecostomus?
A tropical Plecostomus is a type of catfish in the Plecostomus family, that lives in the tropical Americas (mostly South America).
Where are orangutans native?
They are native to Africa in tropical and non tropical rain-forests. They also live in some parts of South America and America.
Although most of South America lies within the tropical latitudes?
Although most of South America lies within the tropical latitudes,
