Millions of years ago our Earth was called Pangea. This was the name for the Earth as it was when basically all the land/continents were attached as one giant portion of land surrounded by sea. As millions of years passed, the portion of land known as Pangea began to spread apart into several portions of land until it could no longer be called Pangea. Finally today, we know Earth as being a vast planet with several continents that are a result of the spread of Pangea. This is understood to be the result of continental drift. Continental drift is due to the Earth’s plates (located EXTREMELY far down below Earth’s surface) shifting as a result of the heat provided by the Earth’s core which exudes to other layers, causing the plates to move, and
