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South Africa drifted away from Pangaea primarily to the southeast. As the supercontinent began to break apart during the Mesozoic era, the land that would become South Africa separated from the other landmasses and eventually moved towards its current position on the African continent. This movement was driven by the tectonic activity associated with the formation of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Is Africa shaped like a boot?
Africa, like the other continents, is the product of continental drift. At an earlier period in the Earth's history, there was only one continent, known as Pangaea, and this broke up and formed the continents as we know them today, as a result of the force exerted on the crust by currents in the underlying magma of the mantle. The whole process is essentially random. The shape of Africa is an accident.
Would the occurrence of the same plant fossils in south America and Africa support continental drift?
No.
How do ancient glacial deposits in Africa India Australia and South America support the idea of continental drift?
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What is drift velocity?
In a current-carrying circuit, a charged particle is accelerated by an electric field. It also undergoes frequent collisions with the stationary ions of the wire material. These two effects result in the very slow net motion (drift) of moving charged particles in the direction of the electric force. The drift velocity describes this motion. Average drift speed for electrons is on the order of 10-4 m/s (Young and Freedman, University Physics).
Explain a school without restrictions is like a rudderless boat?
A rudderless boat has no direction and will just drift around aimlessly.A boat needs a rudder so it can be steered(or you might say driven) in a certain direction. As a school needs rules and regulations to get the students in a direction of some sort.
What are some main facts about pangaea?
Pangaea was a supercontinent that all continents are close to each other and they where separated after 200 million years ago and started to drift in any direction in the world
What caused pangaea to separte?
Continental Drift caused pangaea to seperate.
When did the continental drift of Pangaea occur?
1915.
What is another name for the Pangaea theory?
continental drift
What is the supercontinent that separated into smaller land masses due to continental drift called?
The supercontinent that separated into smaller land masses due to continental drift is called Pangaea.
What natural forces affected the changes to Pangaea?
Continental Drift
What is the theory of pangaea called?
The theory of Pangaea is called the continental drift theory. It proposes that Earth's continents were once joined together in a single large landmass that later broke apart and drifted into their current positions.
What effect did the continental drift have on Pangaea?
Continental drift caused Pangaea, the supercontinent, to break apart into separate landmasses over millions of years. This movement resulted in the creation of the continents we know today and influenced the formation of oceans and mountain ranges.
Did Alfred wegener later call the continental drift pangaea?
Yes
When did the pieces of Pangaea drift apart?
about 175 million years ago.
A short paragraph about continental drift?
First of all continental drift happened after Pangea. Pangea was a time when all of the continents were formed together. Then platetectonics moved which caused earth quakes. The earth quakes made the continents drift, and is called continental drift. To learn more on continental drifts and plate tectonics visit http;//www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001765.html
When was Pangaea named officially?
The name Pangaea appeared in 1928 during a symposium to discuss Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift.
