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Which scientist discovered that the continents were once one land mass?
Alfred Wegener was the scientist who discovered that the continents were once joined as one landmass
Wegener called the large landmass in his theory of continental drift?
Wegener called the whole land mass of land "Pangaea".not too sure but i think it means entire Earth . They were all at the southern hemisphere and then drifted away and finally came to the place hwere they currently are , this is Wegener's continental drift theory .
What do you call a mass movement of land due to gravity?
landslides
What do scientists call the land mass that all the continents used to be in?
Pangea
What is Alfred Wegener's hypothesis about the continents?
Alfred's hypothesis was that all the continents were a big land mass which he called Pangaea because if you see a world map it is like a jigsaw puzzle and other evidence is that some animal fossils were on other continents. Also the same rock range was found on different continents.
Why did Wegener propose Millions of years ago continents were one land mass?
Wegener's theory of continental drift proved the theory of Pangea (all continents as one land mass).
What did German explorer Alfred Wegener call the continent he named?
Alfred Wegener named his single land mass the Urkontinent or Pangaa. This has passed into general use as Pangaea.
What was the giant land mass called?
The giant landmass was known as 'Pangea', before the continental drift separated the land into diffrent continents.
Which scientist discovered that the continents were once one land mass?
Alfred Wegener was the scientist who discovered that the continents were once joined as one landmass
Wegener called the large landmass in his theory of continental drift?
Wegener called the whole land mass of land "Pangaea".not too sure but i think it means entire Earth . They were all at the southern hemisphere and then drifted away and finally came to the place hwere they currently are , this is Wegener's continental drift theory .
What was the giant land mass of 200 millions ago called?
pangea
What was the single land mass called 300milion years ago?
it WA called Pangaea discovered or believed in by Alfred wegener
What is the name of the man who presented the theoey that all of the continents were once joined in one big land mass?
Alfred Wegener.
What is the land mass of Neptune?
What do you mean with "land mass"? Neptune doesn't have continents like Earth. It is a gas giant - made up mainly of gas.
What is the name for the ancient supercontinent that was once one giant land mass?
pangea a+
What is name for the ancient supercontinent that was once one giant land mass?
pangea a+
What continent is believed to be the site of the earliest giant continental land mass on earth?
Pangaea.
