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Plate Tectonics and the Theory of Pangea

Pangea. Plate Tectonics and the Theory of Pangea. Began to break 200 million years ago Broke at different times and speeds (2-10 cm per year). Pangea was a supercontinent made up of all of Earth’s land masses Alfred Wegener came up with the theory in 1912 Broken up by plate tectonics.

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Plate Tectonics and the Theory of Pangea

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  1. Pangea Plate Tectonics and the Theory of Pangea • Began to break 200 million years ago • Broke at different times and speeds (2-10 cm per year) • Pangea was a supercontinent made up of all of Earth’s land masses • Alfred Wegener came up with the theory in 1912 • Broken up by plate tectonics https://www.google.com/search?q=pangea&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&s https://www.google.com/search?q=pangea&hl https://www.google.com/search?q=pangea&hl

  2. Convergent Divergent Transforming • Where plates slide past each other • Earthquakes are a common natural disaster that occurs from plates sliding against each other • Where the plates crunch or collide together • Mountains, earthquakes and volcanoes form where plates collide • Where plates drift or go the opposite ways from each other • Rifts occur where the land drifts apart http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates3.html http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates4.html http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates2.html

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