plate tectonics

  • Pangaea
    99,999 BCE

    Pangaea

    a big piece of land that that eventually split apart to form the continents we have today. Pangaea eventually starteds to to break apart about 200 million years ago
  • Abraham Ortelius
    Mar 23, 1550

    Abraham Ortelius

    Hypothesis: Americas were torn apart by earthquakes and flood
    Evidence: he looked how the continents fit like puzzle pieces and sincee he was a map maker that made maps off of his discoveries