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Continents
Seven Continents and Drifting Pangaea Continents
Question | Answer |
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What is a CONTINENT? | A large area of land |
Name the 7 continents. | Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America |
What was the idea of scientist Alfred Wegener called? | PANGAEA |
What does PANGAEA mean? | "All the land" masses fit together like one big puzzle into one large land mass |
How did the one large land mass break apart into continents? | When Pangaea broke apart it made 7 continents that we have today |
What is the breaking apart of Pangaea called? | CONTINENTAL DRIFT; the land masses drifted away and made the 7 continents with areas of water between them |
What are the areas of water between the continents called? | OCEANS |
Name the 5 oceans. | Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Pacific, Southern |