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Laurasia and Gondwanna
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What is a super continute?
when all the continents where connected a long time ago they formed super continents. example: Pangaea
What is the name of the super continent from which other continents were formed?
The name of the supercontinent from which other continents were formed is Pangaea. It existed around 335 million years ago and eventually broke apart, leading to the formation of the continents we know today.
Which continent are still drifting?
All of the continents are still drifting. you see all the continents have been drifting since some planet struck Earth about 3.5 billion yrs ago and our planet was turned into a great ball of lava and magma then the top cooled and the continents and the crust were both formed. ever since the continents have been drifting around the globe. In fact, there was a super continent before Pangaea but before that scientists can't tell if there was another subcontinent, but super continents prove that every continent has drift.
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.
What are laurasia and gondwand?
Laurasia and Gondwana land are the super continents formed millions of years ago in the midst of the Tethys sea.These super continents subsequently broke into present continents due to drift.Laurasia comprised the present parts of Europe and Asia while the Antarctica once used to be the part of Gondwana.
What was the name for the super continent that split in two about 250 million years ago and eventually formed the seven continents you have today?
Rodinia
Wegener thought that all of the present continents were once joined 245 million years ago in a landmass he called?
The last super-continent is called Pangaea, which was formed about 245 million years ago. Some believe that Pangaea wasn't the first time all the continents were combined. There is evidence that there was another super-continent way before 245 million years ago that is called Rodinia (which separated for a while, then formed back together to form Pangaea, the latest super-continent).
What continent was not part of gondwana?
It should be 'continents' - in plural. 3 continents were not part of Gondwana super-continent. They were North America, Europe and Asia - which formed the other super-continent Laurasia. The other 4 continents formed the Gondwana. They were South America, Africa, Australia and Antarctica. The Indian sub-continent was part of Gondwana, then separated from it, traveled north and jammed with Asia. The collision of India and Asia created the Himalayas.
What are the 10 super-continents?
If you are counting the current seven continents Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Antarctica and Australia as super continents the three other super continents are: Pangea, Rodinia and Laurasia.
What is the name of the ancient super continents?
The oldest was called Rodinia, formed during Precambrian time a billion years ago. Another one, Pannotia, was formed 600 million years ago..
What was the super continent before Pangaea called?
AnswerGondwana and Rodinia.Actually, Rodinia was before Pangea, but Gondwana and Laurasia were after Pangea. Gondwana to the south to make the southern continents, and Laurasia to the north to make the northern continents.
Why did Atlantic ocean form?
When the super-continent Pangea began separating into separate continents, the Atlantic Ocean formed from Panthalassa (which was the ocean surrounding Pangea.)
