Pannotia

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/pannotia

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1. How heavy is Pannotia?Included Laurentia, Amazonia, Río de la Plata, Congo Craton, Kalahari Craton
2. What is the scientific name?Pannotia
3. What is the location?Predominantly in the southern hemisphere during the Neoproterozoic
4. Why did Pannotia break apart so quickly?New oceans, especially the Iapetus Ocean, opened and pulled the land pieces apart. This caused Pannotia to split up faster than most supercontinents.
5. Where did the parts of Pannotia come from?The parts came from areas that are now North America, Africa, and southern Africa. They were joined together to form the big landmass.

Neoproterozoic Era: The final era of the Precambrian, preceding the Cambrian, known for significant geological and biological change.
Paleomagnetism: The study of the record of the Earth's magnetic field in rocks, used to determine past continental positions.
Orogeny: A process of mountain formation, especially by folding and faulting of the Earth's crust.
Craton: A stable, ancient block of the Earth's crust that forms the nucleus of a continent.