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Pangea was the name given to the supercontinent that was in existence during the later part of the Palezoic and early Mesozoic eras. After it broke up, it formed the 7 continents that we know of today.
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What is pangaea and what happened to it?
pangaea is all the continets together and an earthquake separated them a long time ago.
How did pangea break up?
it broke cause of the magma beneath earths crust or when the rocks moved around to different places
What is the name of the theory on the continents drifting apart?
Pangea is the original super continent that broke up into the continents we know today by a process known as 'Continental Drift' proposed by a scientist named Wegener
How did Pangea break apart?
It broke apart due to the magma beneath and earth's crust. These plates float on the top of the magma.(crust=plates)
Which theory suggested that the earth was once a single supercontinent that gradually broke up into the continents that you know today?
The continents used to all form the supercontinent of Pangea. The theory of continental drift explains how they separated and formed today.
What were the namesof the two smaller supercontinents created by the break up of Pangea?
Pangea broke into Gondwanaland and Laurasia.
What was the name of the continent that then broke up into 7 continents?
Pangea
What happened to the earth's continents during the Permian period?
What happened to the earth's continents during Permian Period is Pangea, Pangea is when the used to be one big super continent broke apart created our separate continents today.
What was the name of the supercontinent before all of the continents broke up?
Pangea.
What is pangaea and what happened to it?
pangaea is all the continets together and an earthquake separated them a long time ago.
What geologic period was pangaea assembled?
Pangea was assembled in the late permian and broke up in the late triassic
What is the great landmass that broke into different continents?
Pangea
What is the name which was given to the huge landmass which formed all the mass?
Pangea (all earth) which broke up about 250 million years agoNena which broke up about 1.5 billion years ago
How did pangea break up?
it broke cause of the magma beneath earths crust or when the rocks moved around to different places
Would you expect to find large glaciers on all these landmasses today?
no because of the pangea they split up and broke into pieces
What is the name of the land mass before they broke off into continents?
Pangea.
What happened to Shai?
They broke up.
