GK
GENERAL SCIENCE
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Question
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What are the two supercontinents?
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Laurasia and Gondwanaland
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Laureaisa and Gondawandalanda
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Eurasia and Pangaea
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Eurasia and Antarticagondwanaland
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -About 200 million years ago Pangaea broke into two new continents Laurasia and Gondwanaland. Laurasia was made of the present day continents of North America (Greenland), Europe, and Asia. Gondwanaland was made of the present day continents of Antarctica, Australia, South America.
Detailed explanation-2: -Laurasia consisted of what are now North America and the portion of Eurasia north of the Alpine-Himalayan mountain ranges, while Gondwana consisted of what are now South America, Africa, peninsular India, Australia, Antarctica, and those Eurasian regions south of the Alpine-Himalayan chain.
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