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In what geological period did Pangaea break up into separate continents?
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the paleozoic Era
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During the Tertiary period Earth's continents were?
Shaped and positioned similarly to continents today
Is the pieces of the super-continent Pangaea began to drift apart about 255 million years ago?
No. The rifting of Pangaea began in the Jurassic period about 180 million years ago.
How where the continents arranged in the tertiary period?
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How did the land of the Silurian period compare to present-day continents?
Most Silurian land was part of Gondwana, a continent centered on the South Pole
How many continents were there in 1980?
There are 7 continents. Asia,North America,South America,Austrailia,Antarctica,Africa and Europe.Answer 2The number of continents doesn't change over a short period of time. The named continents in 1980 (and now) are:North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and AntarcticaThat makes 7.Australia and Antarctica were only discovered fairly recently in history, but of course they have existed for a long time.In the deep distant past, the numbers of continents did vary due to continental drift.
What were the major geological events in the permian time period?
The only thing that I could answer is that Pangaea was formed.
What period did the continents move together to form Pangaea?
Pangaea came together over a period of time spanning the Carboniferous and Permian periods. It broke up mostly during the Jurassic period.
What two super continents did Pangaea break into during the Triassic Period?
Its Laurasia and Gondwana..
What are the names of continents in the triassic period?
The only continent in the Triassic period was the supercontinent known as Pangaea.
What geological time did Pangaea begin to break up?
Pangaea started to break up during the Triassic Period. It continued to split apart in the Jurassic Period and was almost complete in breaking up in the Cretaceous Period. After that it formed into the landmasses that we see today.
How did Earth's land change during the Jurassic period?
Seas opened between the continents, splitting apart Pangaea
What are the geological events in the Permian time period?
Many asteroids hit the earth during this time and the Pangaea which is when earth was one big super-continent
What was the climate during the permian period?
During the Permian, all the continents were joined together in the supercontinent Pangaea, which was covered mostly by desert.
Which period was 300 million years ago?
There was one spercontinent called Pangaea, which consists of all of the current continents joined together. It existed until 250 million years ago, where it splitted up into Laurasia and Gondwanaland, and further splitted into the current seven continents.
Why aren't glaciers on continents today?
Because we are currently in an interglacial period of geological history, primarily due to variations in the Earth's orbit.
What is the difference about glaciation and an interglacial period?
Glaciations are the times during which glaciers grew and covered large parts of continents. An interglacial period is a geological time between glaciations.
What happened to the earth's continents during the Permian period?
What happened to the earth's continents during Permian Period is Pangea, Pangea is when the used to be one big super continent broke apart created our separate continents today.
