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What caused Pangea to separate?
I believe that when the meteor that destroyed the dinosaurs hit the earth, the destruction of the dinosaurs was not the only effect. It also caused the separation of the large land mass to separate by creating a weakness in the land mass that allowed the tectonic plates to shift and move slowly over millions of years.
How big was Pangea?
large
What is the definition of 'Landmass'?
A landmass is a large, continuous, and unbroken area such as an island or a continent. Synonyms for the word landmass include continent, mainland, and main.
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.
What was the big large supercontinent of early earth called?
pangea
What is wegeners name for for one large landmass?
Pangea is the name of the large landmass
What is the wegener's name for one large landmass?
Pangea is the name of the large landmass
What caused the large landmass to separate?
Convection currents in the Earth's mantle driven by heat energy from the core.
In the past most of the landmass on Earth was concentrated in a single large continent?
True... Called Pangea
What is the large ancient landmass composed of all the continents joined together?
That supercontinent was called "Pangea".
Where continents were formed?
All the continents used to be one large landmass. It was called Pangea. Later on, the landmass started drifting apart little by little. Eventually they became continents.
How was Pangaea form?
when the earth was made there was a very large land form and over billions of years that LARGE land form started to break away. the definition of pangea PANGEA- the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 million years ago.
What caused Pangea to separate?
I believe that when the meteor that destroyed the dinosaurs hit the earth, the destruction of the dinosaurs was not the only effect. It also caused the separation of the large land mass to separate by creating a weakness in the land mass that allowed the tectonic plates to shift and move slowly over millions of years.
Why is Europe considered as a separate region?
Europe is a often cocidered a separate region because of its large size. It is not a distinct landmass such as Australia or Arica, but an appendage or a subcontinet o the world's greatest landmass, Euarsia (Europe and Asia).
How big was Pangea?
large
What is a large landmass?
yes.
Large landmass that is smaller than a continent is called?
A large landmass that is smaller than a continent is called a subcontinent
