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Pangea is the name of the supercontinent that existed on earth billions of years ago. Through plate tectonics, parts of Pangea drifted apart to form the continents we know today.

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What was the process called when the Pangea broke apart?

The process when Pangea broke apart is called continental drift or plate tectonics. It involved the gradual movement of the Earth's lithosphere plates, resulting in the separation of the once-connected landmasses that formed Pangea.


What did wegener think had happened to his super continent?

Wegener proposed the theory of Pangea (the supercontinent) and continental drift. Continental drift is what split Pangea apart.


What was super continent before Pangea called?

Rodinia is the super continent that existed before Pangea.


What does it mean to say that the Atlantic ocean is getting wider pushing Europe and north America apart?

It is because of Pangea I think because Pangea is a supercontinent Pangea-a supercontinent containing all of earths land that existed about 225million years ago


What boundary caused Pangea to break apart?

The movement of tectonic plates along divergent boundaries caused Pangea to break apart. These boundaries are where plates move away from each other, causing volcanic activity and the formation of new oceanic crust.


Pangea broke apart and the land masses drifting creating a process called?

Continental drift.


When did Pangea begin to break into smaller fragments?

Pagaea began to break apart about 180 million years ago during the Jurassic period.


Who created Australia?

Australia was believed to be a country of Pangea. However, Pangea slowly split apart into 2 island. Those 2 islands then broke away into many different and that is how Australia was made.


What landmass broke apart and drifted away?

The theory of plate tectonics suggests that the Earth's continents were once connected as a single landmass called Pangea. Over millions of years, the landmass broke apart and drifted to their current positions. This process continues today, with continents still slowly moving.


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 supercontinent that began to break apart about 225 million years ago?

The supercontinent that began to break apart about 225 million years ago was Pangaea.


How many years ago did pangea begin to break apart?

Pangaea or Pangea (/ pænˈdʒiːə /) was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It assembled from earlier continental units approximately 335 million years ago, and began to break apart about 175 million years ago. i googled when did pangea begin to break apart really