SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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The continents were pulled apart by tectonic plates over the past 2 centuries.
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The continents are being pushed together over the next millennia.
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The continents were once joined in a single massive super continent.
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The Earth is thousands of years old.
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Detailed explanation-1: -About 200 million years ago, all the continents on Earth were actually one huge “supercontinent” surrounded by one enormous ocean. 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pangaea Wegener was convinced that all of Earth’s continents were once part of an enormous, single landmass called Pangaea.
Detailed explanation-3: -In fact, 250 millions years ago the Earth’s seven continents were all grouped together into a supercontinent called Pangea. Just before the days of the dinosaurs the Earth’s continents were all connected into one huge landmass called Pangaea .
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1912, German scientist Alfred Wegener proposed a theory he called continental drift. According to Wegener’s theory, Earth’s continents once formed a single, giant landmass, which he called Pangaea. Over millions of years, Pangaea slowly broke apart, eventually forming the continents as they are today.