Rodinia

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/rodinia

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the supercontinent name?Rodinia
2. What is the time of assembly?Approximately 1.26 billion years ago (Ga)
3. What was Rodinia and when did it exist?Rodinia was a giant supercontinent that existed about 1.26 to 0.75 billion years ago.
4. How did Rodinia form?It formed when many smaller land pieces collided and stuck together after the older supercontinent Columbia broke apart.

Mesoproterozoic Era: A geological eon from 1.6 to 1 billion years ago, preceding the Neoproterozoic.
Neoproterozoic Era: A geological eon from 1 billion to 541 million years ago, known for major climate shifts and early life evolution.
Plate Tectonics: The scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere.
Orogeny: A process of mountain formation, especially by folding and faulting of the Earth's crust.