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yes it drifted apart about 225 million years ago:)

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Q: The pieces of the supercontinent pangea began to drift apart about 225 million years ago?
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What was the supercontinent that began to break apart about 225 million years ago?

It was called Pangea


When did Pangea form?

There is no exact (or even reasonably approximate) estimate for when Pangea formed, but the supercontinent could have come together between 200-300 million years ago. Pangea began to rift and break apart around 200 million years ago.


How many years ago did pangea begin to break apart?

Pangaea or Pangea (/ pænˈdʒiːə /) 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 began to break apart about 175 million years ago. i googled when did pangea begin to break apart really


What is the name of the supercontinent thought to have existed around 250 million years ago which subsequently broke apart into the present-day continents?

The supercontinent is called Pangaea. It existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras before breaking apart into Laurasia and Gondwana, which eventually formed the continents we have today.


What is pangea and how did it become apart?

Pangea is the name of the supercontinent that existed on earth billions of years ago. Through plate tectonics, parts of Pangea drifted apart to form the continents we know today.


What does it mean to say that the Atlantic ocean is getting wider pushing Europe and north America apart?

It is because of Pangea I think because Pangea is a supercontinent Pangea-a supercontinent containing all of earths land that existed about 225million years ago


pangea?

a single landmass or supercontinent


How old is the mid Atlantic ridge?

200 million to 250 million years old. It is widely accepted that it was initially formed during the Triassic geological period when the Pangea supercontinent broke apart.


What did wegener think had happened to his super continent?

Wegener proposed the theory of Pangea (the supercontinent) and continental drift. Continental drift is what split Pangea apart.


Alfred Wegener's Theory?

His theory was that a long time ago, the continent were all one supercontinent, Pangea, and that they have since drifted apart.


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.


When did pangea start to break apart?

200 million years ago