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🌍 What is Pangaea?

Pangaea was a supercontinent.

👉 A supercontinent means all the continents were joined together as one huge land.

Pangaea existed millions of years ago.

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⏳ When did Pangaea exist?

• About 300 million years ago, Earth had one big continent
• Around 200 million years ago, it started breaking apart
• The pieces slowly moved to form the continents we see today

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🌊 Why did Pangaea break apart?

Because of moving Earth plates.

• Earth’s surface is made of huge pieces called tectonic plates
• These plates move very slowly
• As they moved, Pangaea cracked and separated

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🧠 How do scientists know Pangaea was real?

Scientists found clues:

🧩 1️⃣ Continents fit like a puzzle

• South America and Africa look like they fit together

🦖 2️⃣ Same fossils on different continents

• Fossils of the same animals and plants were found far apart

🪨 3️⃣ Same rocks and mountains

• Matching rock layers on different continents

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🌎 What happened after Pangaea?

Pangaea split into two parts:

• Laurasia (north)
• Gondwana (south)

These later broke into the 7 continents we know today.

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🌟 Fun facts for kids

• “Pangaea” means “all lands” in Greek
• Dinosaurs lived when continents were connected
• Continents are still moving today—about as fast as fingernails grow!

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🧠 Easy way to remember

Pangaea = one big land
Plates moved → continents drifted

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