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With the break up of the supercontinenent, Rodinia, there were of course many smaller continents which led to more rainfall and consequently less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (since rain "washes" the carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere). As a result of less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, temperatures dropped and ice began to form in polar regions.
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What happened when pangaea broke apart?
When Pangaea broke apart we got continents which what we have today.
How did pangea break up?
it broke cause of the magma beneath earths crust or when the rocks moved around to different places
What happened after Pangea broke up?
Pangea was the name given to the supercontinent that was in existence during the later part of the Palezoic and early Mesozoic eras. After it broke up, it formed the 7 continents that we know of today.
Why did Pangaea separate?
Currents in the Earth's mantle broke it up and dragged it apart. Rodinia, Gondwana, Pangaea. The Wilson cycle completes on a half billion year cycle (about every 500 million years).The movements of plate tectonics. When the plates move, the ground of Pangaea cracked and splitted up into Laurasia and Gondwanaland, which then split up into the seven continents that exists today.We believe Pangaea broke up through the theory of continental drift. This is plate tectonics.Plate Tectonics. The plates are floating and are constantly moving, according to the plate tectonics theory.
How did Pangaea break?
Pangea broke apart because the earths plates (crusts) began to shift under, over, together, and apart from other plates.The continents were moved as the rocks undearneath them moved as a result of earth's boundaries and the growing of the ocean's floor and its reduction.
What is a rodinia and when does it form?
According to geologists, a rodinia are segmented landmasses that come together and form a supercontinent. Studies indicate that rodinia existed between 1100 and 750 million years ago during the Neoproterozoic period when earths crust had broke.
What was the name of the first super-continent?
The first super continent scientists know about is Rodinia, which formed and broke up about 1,1 billion to 750 million years ago. Then came Pannotia, which formed and broke up around 600 million to 540 million years ago. The last was Pangaea, which formed and broke up 250 million to 200 million years ago.This is believed to have happened several times in the Earth's history.
What is a comet that broke into Earths atmosphere?
I assume you mean "Meteor" and "Meteorites"
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