Plate Tectonics

• Pangea - a supercontinent that existed 225 billion years ago
• Pangea comes from the greek words "pan" which means "all" and "gaea" which means "earth"
• Panthalassa - is a vast sea or super ocean that covers the entire earth
• Plate Tectonic theory states that?

  The plates are constantly moving independently in the process of plate construction and destruction
• Seven Primary Plates

  1. Eurasian Plate
  2. Australian Plate
  3. Pacific/Asia Plate
  4. North America Plate
  5. South America Plate
  6. African Plate
  7. Antartic Plate
• Eight Secondary Smaller Plates

  1. Juan De Fuca Plate
  2. Nazca Plate
  3. Cocos Plate
  4. Carribean Plate
  5. Philippine Sea Plate
  6. Arabian Plate
  7. Indian Plate
  8. Scotia Plate
• Christophere Scotese - he predicted that the continents will reform into a supercontinent which he called as supercontinent "Pangea Ultima" which means "The Last Pangea", but later changed it to "Pangea Proxima" which means "The Next Pangea"