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What caused pangaea?

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Pangea was the original landmass of Earth so it was probably formed when Earth formed.

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What is pangaea and what caused pangaea to separate?
Pangea was a huge landmass made of all the continents today. Tectonic plates in the Earth moved, causing it to split apart.
What caused Pangaea to break up?
Underneath the Earth's crust is molten rock. The continents are basically floating on top of the rock and therefore move and shift. This is what causes volcanoes and earthquakes. Pangaea was broken...
What caused Pangaea to seperate?
Plate Tectonics. Plate Tectonics are the sub-layers that lie underneath the Earth's surface. They can rub against together, smash together, or pull away from each other. This is what caused Pangaea...
What caused Pangea or Pangaea?
The creation of Pangaea was due to plate tectonics which causes continents to grow closer at times, and further apart at others.
What caused Pangaea to break apart?
The movement of tectonic plates caused by convection currents in the mantle.