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What continents make up the super continent?
All of the continents were once one land mass, a few hundred million years ago. They formed a super continent called Pangaea. Currently there is no supper continent.
What is a continental island?
A continental island is simply an island that rests on the continental shelf. Because of this, these islands are always quite close to a given continent. Also, the water level around a continental island is very shallow, typically less than 600 feet.
What is the name of the theory that suggests that the continents were once part of one super continent?
The theory is called "continental drift," and it proposes that the Earth's continents were once connected as one supercontinent called Pangaea.
The first people believed to live on the American continent?
The first people believed to live on the American continent were the indigenous peoples who arrived thousands of years ago by crossing a land bridge that once connected Asia to North America. These early inhabitants eventually evolved into diverse cultures and civilizations across the continent.
Geographers feel earth was once one big continent what call this continent?
Geographers refer to the single landmass that they believe existed in the distant past as "Pangaea." This supercontinent is thought to have gradually broken apart into the continents we recognize today due to the movement of tectonic plates.
Coal beds in antarctica indicated to wegener thet this continent was?
Once located closer to the equator
Evidence that suggest that Antarctica was once located?
Near the equator.
Why might fossils of warm-weather animals be found in Antarctica?
It is said that Antarctica was once a warm continent, Therefore it once held warm weather animals, But the climate started to change and it became cold, Therefore the fossils of warm blooded animals can be found in Antarctica. +++ The world's climate was warmer and Antarctica was part of a much larger continent lying further North.
What was the name of the continent that antarctica once belonged to?
Antarctica has belonged to several continents. To name a few: Pangea and Gondwana.
How did Robert Scott Falcon travel in Antarctica?
Once on the continent, which he reached by sailing ship, Scott trekked Antarctica on foot.
What Asian Country appears to have been a separate continent once?
The Asian Country that appears to have been a separate continent once was India. It was attached to the continent of Antarctica until 200 million years ago. It and Madagascar started drifting northward.
How could tropical plants have grown in Antarctica?
During the Cretaceous Period, Antarctica was covered with forests and was for a period of time, tropical. The continent gradually drifted southward to its present position over the south polar region.
Why is Antarctica at the bottom of the world?
Antarctica is a continent of approximately 14,000,000 sq km completely in the Southern Hemisphere. In addition, part of Antarctica is also in the eastern hemisphere, and the rest of it is also in the western one. The South Pole is located on Antarctica.
How does the presence of coal in Antarctica support the continental drift hypothesis?
Since all of the continents once were formed as one big land mass, the temperature could have been warmer when Antarctica was closer to the equator.
Trees found in Australia once grew in antarctica true or false?
No.
Has Antarctica always been frozen?
No, Antarctica has not always been frozen. The continent was once much warmer and covered in forests millions of years ago. The current ice cover formed over the past few million years as the climate cooled.
How do you know Antarctica was not always cool and frigid?
I know because scientists (who study these things) state that that is the case. Unless another scientist can prove otherwise, we must accept that once Antarctica was once tropical, and as continents moves due to tectonics movement, once tropical could, over a very long time, find the continent in a rather cold environment.
