DRIFTING OF CONTINENTS 32
38 HIGHER SECONDARY GEOGRAPHY
Uv) Arctic Ocean
Asia
14. The Americas dashed against the floor of the
u Pacific Ocean
IN) Atlantic Ocean ful) Indian Ocean
15. South America fits into the west coast of
() Australia
(1) North America (i) Africa
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The book "History of Ocean Basin' is written by (H.S, 2016)
D) Airy
1) Harry Hess () Pratt
(v) Wegener
Answer in Short
What is Pangaea'? 2 What do you mean by Laurasia? Explain the term 'Panthalata
in the theory of Wegener
Answers
Answer:
around 1915, professor alfred wegener in his book suggested the theory of continental drift . according to him all the contents were joined together to make a supercontinent called Pangaea
this began to break about 200 million years ago. resulting in the drifting of the continents from each othef2
Answer:
DRIFTING OF CONTINENTS 32
38 HIGHER SECONDARY GEOGRAPHY
Uv) Arctic Ocean
Asia
14. The Americas dashed against the floor of the
u Pacific Ocean
IN) Atlantic Ocean ful) Indian Ocean
15. South America fits into the west coast of
() Australia
(1) North America (i) Africa
16
The book "History of Ocean Basin' is written by (H.S, 2016)
D) Airy
1) Harry Hess () Pratt
(v) Wegener
Answer in Short
What is Pangaea'? 2 What do you mean by Laurasia? Explain the term 'Panthalata
in the theory of Wegener