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Question 1 WORD LIST: Australia, Antarctica, Continental Drift, North America, Gondwana, India, Europe,
Pangaea, Laurasia, Asia, South America, plate tectonics
The theory of _________________ _______________________ best explains the process of crustal movement referred to as _____________________________ ___________________________.
Around 250 million years ago, the continents of the Earth were once thought to be joined together in one large supercontinent called ______________________________ . This supercontinent gradually broke into smaller supercontinents called _____________________________ to the north and __________________________ to the south.
Countries composing the northern supercontinent included _____________________________,
__________________________________ and ________________________________.
The southern supercontinent was made up of ___________________________, ___________________________,
________________________________ and _________________________________.
Question 2 Some present day countries have closely matching coastlines, suggesting they were once connected as part of a supercontinent. Identify 2 pairs of corresponding countries in this respect.
Question 3 India is a country connected to mainland Asia in the northern hemisphere, however was identified as part of the land mass of Gondwana. Describe how the continent of India has moved over time.
Identify an important landform network resulting from this process.