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What is the huge continent scientist believe there was millions of years ago?
Pangea (or Pangaea) was a "supercontinent" that scientists believe incorporated almost all of the earth's landmasses. It began to break apart about 200 million years ago, and eventually the modern continents and Atlantic and Indian Oceans were formed.
What was it called millions of years ago when all the continents were all one continent?
Pangea.
What model developed so that scientists could explain that the continents have moved over millions of year?
Plate Techtonics
Do scientists believe that in the beginning there was only one small continent?
Well, most modern day scientist believe in the theory of plate tectonics. Which states that in the beginning there was only one continent, or super-continent if you will, named Pangaea. Over time however the tectonic plates beneath Earth's surface shifted and separated the continent into the seven continents we know today.
Which continent are still drifting?
All of the continents are still drifting. you see all the continents have been drifting since some planet struck Earth about 3.5 billion yrs ago and our planet was turned into a great ball of lava and magma then the top cooled and the continents and the crust were both formed. ever since the continents have been drifting around the globe. In fact, there was a super continent before Pangaea but before that scientists can't tell if there was another subcontinent, but super continents prove that every continent has drift.
How do you use pangaea in a sentence?
Pangaea was all the continents together but with the eruptions there is now 7 continents. Pangaea is only 1 continent but now it is extinct.The Pangea Supercontinent existed millions of years ago.
What are laurasia and Gondwanaland?
Then about 200 million years ago the land began to drift apart. It broke into two pieces, and scientists have called the continent in the north Laurasia and the continent in the south Gondwanaland. Gondwanaland included what we know as Antarctica, which was joined to South America, Africa, India, and Australia.The two large continents continued to break apart into the smaller continents that exist today. Scientists call this movement 'continental drift'
What is a good sentence for Pangaea?
Pangaea was a large super-continent that existed millions of years ago.
Does scientists think that the drifting of the continents is part of a repeating cycle?
Yes, scientists support the theory of plate tectonics, which explains how the continents have drifted and continue to do so. The movement of the Earth's plates is driven by processes such as seafloor spreading and subduction, which are part of a cycle that has occurred over millions of years. The movement of continents is not exactly repetitive but rather a continuous process that shapes the Earth's surface.
Did the earths continent shift?
Yes, the Earth's continents have shifted over millions of years due to plate tectonics. This movement has resulted in the formation of supercontinents, such as Pangaea, which eventually broke apart to form the continents we see today.
The ancient continent that contained all the landmasses is called?
Pangaea. It was a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago and eventually broke apart to form the continents we have today.
Why do you think two continents that were possibly joined together millions of years ago no longer appeared to fit today?
The Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that constantly move due to processes like plate tectonics. Over millions of years, these plates have shifted and interacted, causing the continents to move apart from their original positions when they were possibly joined together. This movement has led to the different shapes and positions of continents that we see today.
