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How did the supercontinent change to seven continents in the time of the dinosaurs?
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The supercontinent of Pangea began to rift and break apart between 175-200 million years ago. At first it separated into two landmasses, Laurasia and Gondwanaland. Laurasia separated into Asia, Europe, and North America, while Gondwanaland separated into South America, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica.This was all due to plate tectonics pulling apart the continents.
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Are dinosaur fossils in all continents?
All seven. Yes even Antarctica as it was farther north and a lot warmer during the time of the Dinosaurs.
Why is there debate over how dinosaurs became extinct?
The Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras comprise the most recent 10% of Earth's geologic history.The Paleozoic era is marked by seven distinct periods. These consisted of dramatic climate changes, multiple life explosions, shifting continents, and new mountain ranges.A mass extinction at the end of the Paleozoic era left only 5% of the species on Earth, which made way for the age of the dinosaurs (and lasted 150 million years).The Mesozoic era had a warm, stable climate, leading to the development of rain forests and good conditions for dinosaurs.The supercontinent Pangaea broke apart during the Mesozoic era. Over millions of years, continents assumed their present-day positions.The first mammals appeared during the Mesozoic era.Scientists think the extinction of the dinosaurs was most likely caused by several large events such as volcanism and impact from a comet or asteroid
What is the most visible landform from space?
the seven continents
What was Wegener's hypothesis about Earths continents have moved?
He thought that 300 million years ago, there was a supercontinent named Pangaea(There are many ways to spell this word) and it contained today's seven continents. A lot of scientists rejected his hypothesis because it contradicted their idea how mountains formed(A long time ago, they thought that Earth was slowly shrinking). He used fossils, land features, and ancient climatic zones to prove his idea, but the idea was never accepted until today.
250 million years ago the earth's seven continents were all grouped together into a super continent called?
Pangaea or Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It assembled from earlier continental units approximately 335 million years ago, and it began to break apart about 175 million years ago.
Before the earth was divided into seven continents what was the name before?
Before the continents were divided into seven, they were part of a supercontinent called Pangaea around 335 million years ago.
What is the name of the landmass before we had seven continents?
The landmass before the current seven continents was known as Pangaea. Pangaea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
What is the supercontient that later broke apart into the seven continents found on Earth today?
The supercontinent that broke apart into the seven continents found on Earth today is called Pangaea. This breakup occurred over millions of years through the process of plate tectonics, resulting in the continents drifting apart to their current positions on the planet.
The world is divided into how many continents?
There are seven political continents, in which are the most widely known: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. However, there are truly only four continents, in a geographical sense: Afro-Eurasia, America, Antarctica, and Australia. Afro-Eurasia is a supercontinent composing of the connected continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Europe and Africa are both connected to Asia, making them indirectly connected to each other. America is too a supercontinent composing of the connected continents of North and South America. Some people think of America as a true continent and do not split it into north and south.
What was the name of supercontinent?
Pangea
What is the world continent?
The world is divided into seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Australia/Oceania, and South America. Each continent is a large landmass surrounded by water.
What continents make up the super continent?
The supercontinent is made up of seven major continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
How did earth look when continents were joined together?
When Earth's continents were joined together in a supercontinent called Pangaea about 300 million years ago, the landmass looked like one giant landmass surrounded by a single ocean called Panthalassa. This configuration eventually broke apart due to plate tectonics, leading to the continents we have today.
How did dinosaurs be in different continens?
Geologists think that in Dinosaur times there was just one big contient, which they call Pangaea ("All Earth"). Dinosaurs could walk from anywhere to anywhere else. The last dinosaurs died off about the time the supercontient finished breaking up into the six (or seven) continents we know today.
What do geographers believed caused pangaea to split into 7 continents?
Geographers believe that the movement of tectonic plates caused Pangaea, the ancient supercontinent, to split into the seven continents we have today. The shifting of these huge plates over millions of years resulted in the separation and drifting of the land masses to their current positions. This process of plate tectonics is ongoing, with the continents still slowly moving today.
What continent am I talking about. It is split up in two part's north and south it was named after an Italian cartographer and has seven letters?
You are referring to the supercontinent of America. It is split into two continents: North and South America. It is named after the Italian explorer of Amerigo Vespucci.
Which has the largest landmass of the seven continents?
Asia has the largest landmass of the seven continents.
