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During plate movement, the plates under the continents moved apart. This caused the land to move in separate directions. When the continents were all put together, the land was known as Pangea. Plate movement also causes the land to move together, which forms mountains.
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What was the biggest earthquake struck on earth?
it probably happened during dinosaur periods when the continents split apart
How can magma cause the plates that carry the continents to move apart?
magma is very hot so as it boils it moves the plates of the earth causing the continents to slowly move apart
What is an example of pangea?
An example of a Pangea is the earth. The continents were all part of a supercontinent hundreds of millions of years ago. Once the continents split, there were 7 continents that we know today.
What is the Pangaea theory?
The Pangaea theory is one that states that all present continents were once together and collectively known as a 'supercontinent' called a Pangaea. The word 'Pangaea' means 'all lands' in Greek, accurately defining the way the continents were 200 millions years ago before it split up. These split-up pieces drifted slowly apart and became the way they are today. Even until now, the shape of the Earth surface is still changing, and it will be forever, as long as the mantle underneath the Earth's crust gets heated and convection currents in the magma keeps dragging the plates.The Pangaea theory was treated with much skepticsm when it was first raised. But since then, there have been much evidence to support this theory.The Pangaea theory is the theory that once all the continents consisted of one large super-continent called Pangaea and that there was one massive ocean called the Panthalassa Ocean.
How did continental drift happen?
Continental Drift happened, when the tectonic plates in the earth shifted, and pushed the lithosphere up, causing our continents to split.
What two continents were formed when Pangaea split apart?
Gondwana and Laurasia
What did Wegener think happened to Pangaea?
That it split apart into the current continents.
Are the positions of the continents known from the Jurassic?
The Jurassic Period is when Pangea began rifting apart. This is when it split into two smaller continents: Gondwanaland and Laurasia.
What was the biggest earthquake struck on earth?
it probably happened during dinosaur periods when the continents split apart
Why did dinosaurs travel to all continents?
Dinosaurs first evolved during the Triassic, when all the continents were joined together. Hence, the spread to all continents. When the continents split apart, dinosaurs still lived on all of them.
How did pangaea split apart?
The continental drift pulled all the continents away from each other. I LUV MUSHROOMS!
Were all the continents one continent?
Yes they were all once connected together and formed the supercontinent Pangaea, Pangaea split apart over millions of years and today it has reached a point where it has been split up into 7 continents.
Why are there no buffalos in England?
Because they didn't evolve until long after the continents split apart - meaning they never colonised England.
What continents were side by side?
Originally all of the continents were one land mass. Looking at the land masses divided by the Atlantic ocean you can tell that they were split apart. They are still moving.
How did Pangaea breaking apart affect life on earth?
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Which continents moved apart during the time period 100 - 200 million years ago?
Pangea began to drift apart about 200 million years ago. Pangea split into two smaller continents: Gondwana and Laurasia. These continents lasted from about 200 million years ago to 100 million years ago.
What landmass broke apart and drifted away?
245 millon years ago the land mass was a pangea and i am correct
