GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A continent is one of Earth’s seven main divisions of land. The continents are, from largest to smallest: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Many geographers and scientists now refer to six continents, in which Europe and Asia are combined (because they’re one solid landmass). These six continents are then Africa, Antarctica, Australia/Oceania, Eurasia, North America, and South America.

Detailed explanation-3: -A continent is a large continuous mass of land conventionally regarded as a collective region. There are seven continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia (listed from largest to smallest in size).

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1912, German scientist Alfred Wegener proposed that Earth’s continents once formed a single, giant landmass, called Pangaea.

Detailed explanation-5: -Earth > Power of Plate Tectonics > Pangaea This gigantic continent, called Pangaea, slowly broke apart and spread out to form the continents we know today. All Earth’s continents were once combined in one supercontinent, Pangaea. Over millions of years, the continents drifted apart.