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Explain the continental drift theory(4 marks)
Asked by chaitra_ganesh | 21 Mar, 2019, 11:59: AM
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The theory of continental drift points out that the Earth's continents are constantly drifting away from each other. According to this theory:

  • all the continents were one single continental mass (called a Super Continent) – Pangaea
  • The earth’s crust is made of up of many sections called tectonic plates. Our continents are located on these plates. These plates are always moving around
  • According to the theory of continental drift, the supercontinent, Pangaea, began to split some two hundred million years back.
  • Pangaea first split into 2 big continental masses known as Gondwanaland and Laurasia forming the southern and northern modules respectively.
  • Later, Gondwanaland and Laurasia continued to break into several smaller continents that exist today.
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