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The earth is broken up into plates. Even when the world was called Pangaea, there were still plates. The plates begin to move, however, only about 1 cm a year. This is why we now have continents. Scientists predict that a few 100 years from now, the world will look even more different.
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What are the stages of the breakup of pangaea?
The Continental drift
Explain how the theory of plate tectonics relates to the formation and breakup of Pangaea?
idont even know
The breakup of pangaea is a process that is continuing today?
The breakup of the Pangea is a process that is continuing today. The Atlantic ocean is broadening, and the Pacific is shrinking at the rate of approximately an inch a year.
As hypothesized by Alfred Wegener what is the history of Earth and the continents?
The breakup of Pangaea, in other words - the current theory.
What caused pangaea?
Pangea was the original landmass of Earth so it was probably formed when Earth formed.
Did the breakup of Pangaea resulted in warm wet global climates?
False, the breakup of Pangaea did not result in warm, wet global climates.
What was the effect of the breakup of pangaea?
The continental droft
Who proposed the breakup of Pangaea?
Alfred Wegener
What are the stages of the breakup of pangaea?
The Continental drift
Which era marked the beginning of the breakup of Pangaea?
Paleozoic
How did pangaea breakup?
pangaea cause of breaking up was a rift that developed between eastern U.S. and Western Africa
What caused pangaea to separte?
Continental Drift caused pangaea to seperate.
Did the breakup of Pangaea begin during the Cenozoic era?
age of reptiles
What continent was on the south pole during Pangaea?
None, Antarctica has only drifted there in the last 200 million years, following the breakup of Pangaea.
Did the breakup of Pangaea have a effect on dinosaur extinction?
no, scientists have recently concluded that a asteroid killed them
How did Pangaea affect evolution?
Evolution was not the cause of the breakup of Pangaea. Pangaea broke up by a process called rifting. Upwelling in Earth's mantle started to pull the conteinent apart. As the curst thinned, it led to the formation of volcanoes, which generated new crust, helping to push the continent apart. Evolution is the process by which groups of organisms change over time. While the breakup of Pangaea undoubtedly affected the course of evolution, evolution had nothing to do with causing the breakup.
What was the major event of the Jurassic Period?
i heard that it was the exsistance and extinction of the dinosours and the continuing breakup of Pangaea
