Describe the origin of the continents according to the theory of Continental
Drift.
Answer:
- The earth was originally one huge landmass or Pangea or continent.
Pangea was surrounded by a large super water body or sea called Panthalassa.
-Pangea split into two sub-continents to form two other landmasses called Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
-The two landmasses were separated by a sea called Tethys. A further split occurred on the two
landmasses.
-Laurasia broke to form the continents in the northern hemisphere. Gondwanaland formed the continents in the southern hemisphere.
-The continents gradually drifted to their present position.
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