0
In a million years the continents will look pretty much like they do today, since in geological time a million years isn't that long. Water levels, shore lines, perhaps rivers, will most likely have changed but as far as where the plates are located on the surface of the Earth, the locations of the continents will remain relatively unchanged.
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoOld answer: The Continents will move closer together.
My answer: Yes, some continents will move closer to others. We can't be certain of crustal movement over that long stretch of time, but based on current movements, Africa will likely merge with Europe, Antarctica will hit Australia even as Australia moves toward Asia, and the Americas will remain largely isolated, although the Pacific will likely begin shrinking.
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoScientists believe that over the next 100 million years a supercontinent will be formed. The supercontinent will be made up of Europe, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, and South America.
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoSee the link below for a pictorial representation of supposed continental alignments 250 million years in the future.
Wiki User
∙ 15y agoThe continents will have moved about 5-15 meters away from their present positions. Continental drift is very slow only about 10-30 mm a year or about as fast as fingernails grow.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
How are earths continents linked?
They were once together in a form called Pangea look at a map all the continents fit together like a puzzle
What was the earth like 200 million years ago?
Pangaea. it was the super continent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, forming about 300 million years ago. after that the continents were separated and drifted to any directions.
Why did earths continents shift?
They didn't. If you take out all the water from the seas and ocean, you would see the continents are still connected by land (save for the faults). Unless the tectonic plates were reduced to the incredibly small sizes therefore allowing them to shift like you are misled to believe, there is no chance of the continents shifting as they are all part of the ground, not floating.
What was alfred wegeners hypothesis about continental drift?
States that the continents were once a single huge landmass. This landmass broke up million years ago and the pieces drifted apart. facing edges of many continents have similar rock formations. If the continents brought togehter, the formations would match exactly (like combining South America and Africa). Fossils of the same kinds of living things have been found on different continents. Perhaps these living things were together on one landmass before it split.
Why do your continents look like they do?
The continents are shaped the way they are because of erosion.
What do the 7 continents look like?
the earths continents are the same ..
What was it like 500 million years ago?
Pangaea was around and all the continents were connected. It was really cool.
What will the world be like 50 years from now?
The continents will be very very far apart. Longer than 100 million years the continents might join together again like pangea. The earth will be very bumpy and jagged shaped in the time period of 50 million years from now. The continents will no longer be this close as they are. There will be much more erosion and mountains with glaciers. The earth will not be much pleasant with all the rough sights but the earth will always continue to move and one day the earth will be as it was more than imaginable million years from now.
How are earths continents linked?
They were once together in a form called Pangea look at a map all the continents fit together like a puzzle
What was the earth like 200 million years ago?
Pangaea. it was the super continent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, forming about 300 million years ago. after that the continents were separated and drifted to any directions.
How do you think the earth looked like million years ago?
About 1 million years ago, the Earth's continents were in roughly their current positions, although some locations (such as the coasts of Florida and Baja California) had not yet adopted their current forms. It has been tens of millions of years (50 to 100) since the continents separated. Of course, there are Ice Ages that occur roughly 12,000 to 60,000 years apart, so that could have made the continents look quite different during one of the glaciation periods. There were ice bridges between continents and much lower sea levels. Notably, about 2 million years ago, glaciers carved out the Baltic Sea.
What will the earth look like in 50 100 million years time?
The passage of 50 - 100 million years is long enough for a substantial amount of continental drift to take place, which will not only change the distance between continents but also raise new mountain ranges where continents collide with eachother, as well as opening new oceanic rifts.
What was earths form like 320-286 million years ago?
it was the same sort of but all countries were joined toghether and there were only plants and dinosous and so on
When were all the continents one large land mass?
Prior to the seven continents of earth breaking apart, they looked like complete jigsaw puzzle. The puzzle was called Pangaea and occurred over two hundred million years ago.
What did earth look like 100 million years ago?
100 million years ago the continents were starting to take on their modern shapes. In this time dinosaurs were the dominant land animals and forests were widespread, with some even existing in Antarctica. There were no ice caps at the poles.
What does the shape of the continents tell us?
The shapes of the continents gives us an insight into earths past and history.When tried to arrange they seem to fit in like a "Jigsaw puzzle".This tells us that there was once a time,aeons of years ago when all continents were together as one "Super continent",but were separated by "Drifting",reshaped and sculptured by agents of "Denudation".
What continents fit together like a puzzle?
Africa and SouthAmerica because they used to be part of a huge land 200 million years ago called Pangaea the land mass started separating. The pieces slowly drifted apart.Today they are now seven continents
