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The plate tectonics are the mechanisms that started to drift Pangaea (super continent) into separate continents 200billion years ago into the continents we have today. :D
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoYes it was actually. Cause there was a time that Pangaea split. Which is called Continental drift.
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∙ 12y agoContinents were formed,and species died,from the movement and the continents moved ,and started to heat in different places to make the species die.
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∙ 13y agoNo, its the other way around. Plate tectonics caused Pangaea to break up.
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∙ 14y agotheory of continental drift. check it out
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What is pangaea and what caused pangaea to separate?
Pangea was a huge landmass made of all the continents today. Tectonic plates in the Earth moved, causing it to split apart.
What caused pangaea's plates to move?
The movement of tectonic plates caused by convection currents in the mantle.
What way do tectonic plates move to form islands?
By tectonic plates spreading across from which was first known as Pangaea is now spreading more and more out which forms more tectonic islands!
Lithosphere is broken into separate sections called?
tectonic plate
What are the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of earth called?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
What is pangaea and what caused pangaea to separate?
Pangea was a huge landmass made of all the continents today. Tectonic plates in the Earth moved, causing it to split apart.
How did Pangaea separate?
Pangaea separated due to a shift of the tectonic plates, causing the seven continents to form. Geological activity caused the granite crust to separate at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge causing a continental cataclysm that caused the continents to move away from the Ridge toward the opposing side of each continents respective tectonic plates at incredible speeds, forming the mountain ranges.
How did Pangaea break apart?
Pangaea broke apart because of the movement of tectonic plates, which causes earthquakes and volcanoes.
Why did Pangaea break apart during the early Triassisc?
Due to the movement of tectonic plates.
What do tectonic plates separate into?
no flex zone
What caused Gondwanaland to separate?
tectonic plates
What caused pangaea's plates to move?
The movement of tectonic plates caused by convection currents in the mantle.
What way do tectonic plates move to form islands?
By tectonic plates spreading across from which was first known as Pangaea is now spreading more and more out which forms more tectonic islands!
What is formed when tectonic plates separate?
a divergent boundary
How doe earthquakes begin?
When the tectonic plates separate.
What will happened if tectonic plates separate?
causes of earthquake
How did scientist find out about pangaea?
The shape of the continents and how they fit together like puzzle pieces, the tectonic plates.
