Supercontinent

This essay on supercontinents was a tough piece to write about, but it was fun and I enjoyed writing about it. I had to think scientifically, but I also had to consider the audience on writing this paper. I had to go back and ask myself multiple times if the audience would understand this and be interested in reading this. I had to ask if this was too confusing, and if it was, what could I do to make it clearer and easier for the audience understand. This was probably the toughest essay out of all the ones that I’ve had to write about so far because I had to combine the flow of facts with the consideration of the audience. I had to find out how the supercontinents were made, what it took to make them, and what were the aftereffects of them,…

Gondwana is an ancient supercontinent that existed around 500 million years ago. In fact, Gondwana broke up and eventually created the continents we know today. These continents are known as Africa, South America, Australia, Antarctica, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Indian subcontinent. Just because Gondwana eventually created the continents we know today, does not mean that these continents will stay the same forever. Eventually, there will be different arrangements in an extensive history…

Gondwana was an ancient supercontinent that existed hundreds of millions of years ago. It was made of many continents that we know today. It broke up a long time ago because of something called Continental Drift. Continental drift is what it is called when the tectonic plates move around and rearrange and reshape the continents. Gondwana was made up of 5 main pieces; Africa, South America, Australia, India, and Antarctica. Gondwana existed roughly 300-180 million years ago. Its climate was…

Dear US Geological Survey, I think that you should accept Alfred Wegener’s Theory of Continental Drift. There is a large amount of realistic evidence to prove that this theory did occur. Wegener’s theory is that all seven continents were once joined into a supercontinent called Pangaea. He believes that after continents were in that supercontinent, they gradually moved apart over more than a hundred years ago and will continue to move in the future. This Theory of Continental Drift is supported…

Sciencia is a world analogous to Eath. Based on the present day plate boundaries and similarities on multiple continents, It’s believed that the continents of Sciencia were once together as a supercontinent called Edisonia. The supercontinent held 6 of the 8 modern continents, which broke apart due to tectonic forces in the Lithosphere. Also, the 7th and 8th continents were believed to have formed from volcanic eruptions on convergent plate boundaries. The edges on the modern- day Sciencian…

The Formation of Australia Although Australia has the least surface area compared to other continents, it does have a long geological history. Australia is formed by many geological elements resulting in the present-day Australia. Continental drift is the movement of the Earth's continents shifting (Appearing to be 'drifting') on Earth's surface. There have been many supercontinents, throughout history, which had existed on Earth's surface for millions of years. Supercontinents are a cluster…

Why did the scientific community, not accept Alfred Wegner's theory at first? Alfred Wegners had an abundance of strong evidence such as there was similar fossil remains found on different continents proving that the Earth was once a supercontinent known as. Pangea. Alfred also found cogent evidence that proved certain coastal lines fitted together like a jigsaw puzzle. For example, when Wegner matched Africa and South America's coastline they fitted together forming part of the…

relatively new idea that explains the constant movement of Earth's crust. Two-hundred million years ago, our seven continents fitted together, as if part of a puzzle. These continents made up one supercontinent, known as Pangea. When Pangea began to disperse into the current continental positions the process of plate tectonics began. The first to notice the fitting of the continents was Sir Francis Bacon, however, Alfred Wegener and Frank Taylor were the first to propose the theory.…

The Permian Period The Permian Period is the last one, after the Carboniferous Period, of the Paleozoic Era lasting for about 46 to 47 million years from 299-252 million years ago (mya) (Smith 2011). One major feature of this period is the formation of the supercontinent, Pangaea which affected the environment and the climate as well which gave rise to new species. Another distinct feature is the greatest mass extinction event which killed around 54% of all marine families and most of the…

Coal reserves have been found in Antarctica, 500km from the South Pole. Due to the current climate of Antarctica only feasible explanation behind this discovery is that there has been a change in latitude throughout the continent. This supports the idea that Antarctica has not always been located at the South Pole where it is impossible for plants to grow. It is believed that when Antarctica was part of the supercontinent Gondwanaland, forests and swamps were formed which then lead to the…