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The sequence of maps below show how a large supercontinent, known as Pangaea was fragmented into several pieces, each being part of a mobile plate of the lithosphere
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Like cold air drifting down from an open attic in winter, the cold, dense seabed at the ocean's edges sometimes starts sinking into the playdough-like layer beneath the crust, called the "mantle." see caption Above: A diagram showing the major processes o
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225 million years ago all the world's land masses were joined together into one supercontinent, Pangaea, surrounded by a single universal sea, Panthalassa
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To use this interactive puzzle, move the continents around by clicking on and dragging them to the desired location.
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The super-continent Pangea
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Have There Always Been Continents?
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Pangaea Theory Home --> The Pangaea Theory The Pangaea Theory 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.
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Pangea. Then for a reason that is still not known for sure, the continents broke apart and began to drift in opposite directions
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