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What is Pangaea drifted into smaller pieces of continents but before that is was divide first into two major parts they are?
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Pangaea separated because of heat buildup. The mantle underneath the thin oceanic crust (several miles thick) surrounding Pangaea lost more heat to the earth's surface than the mantle underneath Pangaea itself (tens of miles thick). This temperature difference altered the convection currents in the mantle and resulted in upward convection underneath Pangaea, which eventually caused it to break into separate pieces along newly-formed divergent boundaries.
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What was the land mass called before the continents split?
Pangaea
Pangaea is latin for?
Pangaea is Latin for "all lands" or "all earth." It refers to the supercontinent that existed hundreds of millions of years ago before the current continents drifted apart.
What is the name of the super-continent?
Pangaea don't no
What was the latitude of Pangaea?
The latitude of Pangea was hard to pinpoint because it was a supercontinent. All of the continents were together before they separated into 7 continents.
What will happen if continents combined?
that means we would have the Pangaea again *Pangaea was the supercontinent that existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras about 250 million years ago, before the component continents were separated into their current configuration.
What theory related to Pangaea is Alfred Wegener known for?
The Continental Drift Theory in 1912 Pangaea is believed to be a giant super-continent that existed before the continents drifted apart from each other.
When did Pangaea spread apart?
Pangaea refers to the super continent that existed before each of the pieces eventually drifted apart into the seven continents that exist today. Scientists believe Pangaea broke apart 200 million years ago.
What supercontinents were before Pangaea?
Pangaea was a super-continent which broke up into 10 super continents. All though we are unclear of its exact configuration Rodina predates Pangaea by 800 million years. Before that, smaller continents like Atlantica and Artica were still around. ♥:)♥
Why did scientist reject theory of pangaea?
The idea was only rejected initially (along with continental drift, where it originated), because there was no explanation as to why/how the continents would have split up and drifted apart from the super continent Pangaea. This was of course before it was discovered that continents "float" on magma that spreads out in opposite directions at fissures in the earth's mantle.
What was the land mass called before the continents split?
Pangaea
Were all the continents ever connected together before Pangaea?
Yes
What was the theory of the continents before people lived on earth?
the world was first known as a pangaea. pangaea is also called "all land"
Was Pangaea created in 1912?
According to theory Pangaea existed before all the continents separated, a long time before 1912, it was about 200 million years ago.
What is the name of the super-continent?
Pangaea don't no
What is the name given by wegner to the supercontinents he proposed existed before the curreny continents?
Pangaea :)
What was the latitude of Pangaea?
The latitude of Pangea was hard to pinpoint because it was a supercontinent. All of the continents were together before they separated into 7 continents.
What will happen if continents combined?
that means we would have the Pangaea again *Pangaea was the supercontinent that existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras about 250 million years ago, before the component continents were separated into their current configuration.
