Question
India was part of an ancient super continent called Gondwanaland. It included present day
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Option d: All of these
The correct answer is All of these
Gondwana Land consisted of landmasses that now correspond to:
- Africa
- South America
- India
- Antarctica
- Australia
- Madagascar
Laurentia consisted of landmasses that now correspond to:
- Modern North America
- Parts of Greenland
- Parts of Scotland and Ireland
Additional information:
- Continental drift theory, given by Alfred Wegener (a German meteorologist) ,in 1912, deals with the distribution of the continents and oceans on the Earth’s surface.
- According to this theory, all of the continents were earlier a part of the supercontinent called Pangaea. Around 300- 250 million years ago (in the Paleozoic Era), all the land of Earth was joined together in Pangaea, which was surrounded by the massive ocean Panthalassa.
- The northern and southern components of Pangaea were formed by Laurasia and Gondwanaland respectively.
- Around 237- 200 million years ago (in the Mesozoic Era), Pangaea began to split and broke into Laurentia (Laurasia) to the north and Gondwanaland to the south.
- The Tethys Sea separated Laurentia and Gondwanaland.
- Gondwanaland and Laurasia then proceeded to split into the several smaller continents that are still in existence today.
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