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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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The theory of continental drift states that the continents once formed a large land mass called ____
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Gulf of Mexico
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Central Plateau
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Katrina
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Pangaea
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -He hypothesized that all of the modern-day continents had previously been clumped together in a supercontinent he called Pangaea (from ancient Greek, meaning “all lands” or “all the Earth”). Over millions of years, Wegener suggested, the continents had drifted apart. He did not know what drove this movement, however.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Theory of Continental Drift is defined as the movement of the Earth’s continents relative to each other, thereby appearing to drift together across the oceanic bed.
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