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The last one was called Pangea about 300 million years ago, but there have been several before that. Earths life is about 4.5 billion years old and so has gone through many cycles of supercontinents, the one before Pangea was called Pannotia 600 million years ago and before that Rodinia.
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Is the sun located in one of the foci of the earths orbit?
Yes.
Which type of invisible radiation can be detected from earths surface?
Radio waves are one example.
How much is gravity on Earth compared to the moon?
The moon has one-sixth of the Earths gravity.
Which word describes the earths motion in one year?
It takes one year for Earth to revolve around the Sun. One day for Earth to rotate on its axis.
How many continent are on the planet?
There are only 7 continents in the world. They are Africa, Europe, Asia, South America, North America, Australia, and Antarctica.
Was all the continents combined together at one time?
Most scientists agree that at one time the continents merged, forming the super continent Pangea.
One of the first attempts to prove that all continents were combined into one landmass was made by who?
Alfred Wegener.
What do scientist's believe about the earths continents?
they were pulled apart over a period of one or two centuries
One of the first attempts to prove that all continents were combined into one landmass was made by whom?
Alfred Wegener.
What features is evidence that many continents were at one time near earths south pole?
A) Glacial Deposits
What is the hypothesis that the continents move slowly over earths surface and once were joined into one supercontinent?
Continental drift.
How does the area of Earths surface covered by the oceans compare with the area of the continents?
One third is surface and the rest is the sea.
How long ago were the present day continents combined into one super continent?
250 million years ago!
What are the two continents combined to result an Asia?
Asia is one continent on its own. There are no two continents which come together which make up the Asian continent. However, during the time the continents were all together, this was known as Pangaea.
Pangaea was an ancient continent made up of?
Pangaea was made up of the current major continents on Earth, where they were once combined in one continent.
What is continentel drift?
a Continental drift is a theory that 1 time earth a big Goliath with all the continents combined until one day it all expanded
Continents are moving across the Earths Surface under continental drift One continent is moving significantly more slowly than the others Which one is it?
Continents are moving across the Earth's Surface under the Continental drift One continent is moving significantly more slowly than the others because of plate tectonics.
