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Chris B
9/7/2020 01:05:41 pm
My first thought after reading this was to wonder how politics would be affected if the continents suddenly snapped back to Pangea. Of course politics change exponentially faster than plate tectonics, however I do wonder how the human race in the future would deal with that. Assuming of course we still exist as a race that is recognizable to us and our habits today, and we haven't managed to make ourselves extinct.
Clark johnson
9/10/2020 10:12:56 am
after reading this article its amazing to see how much our earth surface has changed over time and that how in the very distant future that there will be another super content. This article connects to the modules by showing how plate tectonics have moved huge land masses and have created things that we know today. In closing I think if I had the chance to ever see what it would be like to see the world come back together as one it would be the most amazing thing to see.
Chris Mercado
9/8/2020 01:02:12 pm
Pangea was a super continent that connected all of the continents we know today into one enormous landmass. Over hundreds of millions of years, plate tectonics separated the land masses into the distinguishable continents we know today, and in another few hundred million years could result in the formation of a new super continent. This article relates to our module because it focuses on the consequences of plate tectonics over a large period of time (or a relatively small period of geologic time). What I found interesting in this article was the fact that there could be another super continent given enough time. I never considered that the movement of plates, even if it is away from each other, will eventually result in land masses connecting with one another again in the future.
Mac
9/8/2020 02:26:01 pm
It is interesting to consider the continents moving back together after so many years. Even though this will not happen in the near future, it will eventually take place. Pangea Proxima will emerge in the future, forcing continents into each other. This makes wonder when this reality will become mainstream. During this lifetime, will individuals in authority start considering what life will be like when this continent emerges. If they do, what changes or precautions will be implemented? Obviously, there is nothing that can be done to halt plate movement, however steps can be taken to make the transition as smooth as possible. This article relates to the module because it emphasizes plate movement over a long period of time. Plate tectonics have altered the world in the past and will continue to do so in the future.
Kaiya Bullock
9/8/2020 02:29:27 pm
This article explains the driving forces of plate tectonics, as they are related specifically to the supercontinent Pangea. It was interesting to see how our current countries have moved and shifted from a giant landmass, into the Earth we now recognize. This week we learned how plate tectonics function and it is very cool to be able to watch a process that takes millions of years, in just a few seconds. It made me wonder how animal and plant life will be forced to change and adapt when the continents collide again.
Jeni Hemingson
9/8/2020 04:28:32 pm
This article explains how plate techtonics changed what once was Pangea into the modern day map with separate continents. I love the graphic of Pangea with today's countries outlined. That really helps me visualize how the land moved around. I appreciate the insight that the middle of Pangea is now the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. This also helps me visualize the spreading of the continents. This falls in step with the modules we were studying for this week; how plate techtonics, convergent, and divergent boundaries shaped the landscape and oceans as we know them now. I wonder how life as we know it will change as the continents continue to drift and eventually form Pangea Proxima. 9/8/2020 05:14:00 pm
This article is about the prehistoric super continent of Pangea. It goes onto tell not only how it formed but how it eventually broke apart forming the continents we know today. The article also teaches us a little about plate tectonics, how far plates can move per year and a little about what happens as the plates move either closer together or farther apart. There is a short video in this article that also gives us a glimpse into the future as the continents eventually converge back into another super continent over the next millions of years. Most of all the article wants us to be aware that the Earth is alive and the ground beneath our feet is constantly moving even if we can’t see it. This article relates to the current class module because it is all about plate tectonics and they move, what happens as they collide, diverge and subduct as well as how the plates shape the Earth’s surface. Although we as a species may not be around to see the formation of a new super continent Earth will continue to live on and change.
Tyler Mercado
9/8/2020 09:02:51 pm
Pangea was a super-continent that formed 300 million years ago. This super-continent was one massive landmass that connected all the continents that currently exist today. The continents we have today separated from Pangea as a result of plate tectonics. In about another 300 million years or so, it is possible for the earth to once again form another super-continent. This article connects to this unit's module because it relates to plate tectonics and the effects plate tectonics can have on the world. As mentioned earlier, the earth will form another super-continent in the future as a result of plate tectonics. This shows that plate tectonics is a never ending process, and that also means that the new super-continent formed in the future will also likely be broken up even individually continents once again like in our current world.
Harrison Burnton
9/9/2020 07:25:10 am
The article presents us with an image of what the supercontinent Pangea would have looked like with modern borders. It can help us visualize the change that earth has undergone over the past 200 million years or so. It paints a brief picture of what life on Pangea would have looked like and gives a look at how it broke apart and what the world might look like in the future. This article relates to the module in that it is about how the surface of the earth is always in motion and how the motion of those plates give us the geologic features of the planet that we are familiar with today. The earth is not a static mass but is constantly undergoing change, the evidence of which is surrounding us in the forms of mountains, oceans, rifts, valleys, etc. I think it is always interesting to see how the earth might look in several million years, looking at Pangea Proxima further illustrates the fact that we are on a planet that itself is very much alive and moving.
Robert
9/9/2020 07:50:13 am
Pangea was present 300 million years ago and was a supercontinent that took up 1/3 of earth. Around 200 million years ago magma began filling up between earths crust creating a volcanic rift, splitting the continent. This article connects to our module because the reason pangea broke up is because of plate tectonics. Its pretty crazy to think the next supercontinent will most likely have an inland ocean.
Noah Loudenslager
9/9/2020 09:48:01 am
Pangea was a super continent that combined all of the continents coming together and was how the world was 300 million years ago. Around 200 million years ago, 100 million years after Pangea started, magma began to fill up and created volcanic rift zones that eventually over time broke the supercontinent apart. From this Pangea supercontinent, the continents that are around today were formed and they spread out through the world. This is relevant to our module because it is teaching us about how the plate tectonics work and how the plates move and how they create natural disasters.
Valery Duran
9/9/2020 11:21:58 am
In the article it presented us with a short video and images of the supercontinent Pangea, which has been developing over 300 million years ago, it is a continent that has made up most of what we live on now. This article goes with this weeks lesson because we talked about tectonic plates and the article showed us how earth would look like in a couple of years from the plates moving around.
Kidwell Blanchard
9/9/2020 01:11:24 pm
the article is about pangea, which was a super continent of all the land masses we know today. This relates to our modual because we are learning about plate tectonics and how they move and work.
Sierra Montez
9/9/2020 01:22:55 pm
The article that is being represented is mainly about Pangea and how it was formed. This makes a great connection to what I am currently learning in my geology class because the movement of continents come from the forces of the tectonic plates. This article leaves an image of the supercontinent and explains how this supercontinent has shaped our continents that we have today. The article talks about how these tectonic plates have moved over the years in order for the supercontinent to break apart and approximately how fast these continents are moving over the years.
Mariah Jenkins
9/9/2020 04:19:19 pm
I thought this article was really interesting because it shows the continents we know today pushed together to show what our last supercontinent Pangea would have looked like. This connects to what I'm learning in Geology class because it gives a visual representation on how plate tectonics work; As well as showing they will contionously move for the rest of time. I'm glad I won't be around for the disaster when our continents clash once again.
Kaitlyn Instone
9/10/2020 11:15:45 am
The Incredible Map of Pangea With Modern Day Borders goes into detail about the supercontinent, Pangea and explains how the world was once one supercontinent. It describes the split of the supercontinent, how it was recognized and what the future looks like. This article connects to this modules content because Pangea split up due to plate tectonics and this module is covering plate tectonics, boundaries, and movement.
Jasmine Nelson
9/10/2020 12:37:55 pm
This article explains that while the earth's plates are moving slowly, over time they can and will have a great impact for life on earth. This coincides with module 3's contents by providing an example of how plate tectonics function. It's interesting to think that another supercontinent is possible, but not until around 300 million years from now. It gave me perspective on how long earth's plates have been shifting because there were several other supercontinents before Pangea.
Austin McAvoy
9/10/2020 01:44:47 pm
A very brief summary or take-away from the article.
Melina Vandermolen
9/10/2020 03:16:43 pm
I really liked this map and getting to see with modern-day borders how the continents would have aligned. I think it is interesting that Brazil is almost at the heart of the entire supercontinent. I was surprised to learn that much of central Asia would have been considered to be inhospitable due to the temperatures. I also liked learning about the potential massive inland sea that Pangea may have had and how the other oceans would turn into one big super ocean. I think this directly relates to our current discussion in class with regard to plate tectonics. Pangea began to have magma swell around 200 million years ago resulting in the split of the supercontinent.
Kailey Saenz
9/10/2020 05:28:30 pm
The article states how Pangea was formed and how moving plate tectonics caused it to break off and form the modern day world. Shifting plates and volacanic eruptions forced Pangea apart. Colliding continents formed mountain ranges such as the Himalayas. This connects with all the previous modules This relates to the plate tectonics we learned about as they are what formed and broke Pangea.
Emily Pearce
9/11/2020 09:35:24 am
It explains how the continents have been shifting over hundreds of millions of years. Scientists are predicting there will be another super-continent in 300 million years. This relates to our course content because we have learned that the Earth's crust is constantly shifting because of the tectonic plates. I thought the simulation video of Pangaea Proxima was interesting because they predict there to be an ocean, formerly the Indian Ocean, in the middle of the continent.
Alyssa Linnabary
9/11/2020 12:52:48 pm
1. In the article it basically describes what Pangea is and how the world was once all together and how it all broke apart to form the world of what we know today. The continents have been moving and shifting for billions of years and still are slowly but surely till this day.
Demetrius Chambers
9/12/2020 02:48:43 am
I thought this article w pretty cool. It shows and tells us how earth looked over 300 millions years ago. It tells about pangea and how it came to be and how it came undone. It also showed us how famous land formations came to be due to plate tectonics. The video on what the earth may look like in the future was unreal. It drifted away but came back again to become whole once more. It's easy to see how this connects to our module concerning plate boundaries. We just learned about one the biggest land masses in history and how the earth is constantly shifting little by little. We are learning about how how modern day land came to be, and what it will evolve to be. It really makes me think of how the world will be round that time, and how will us s humans adapt to the new living conditions.
Taylor Vigil
9/12/2020 04:57:39 pm
1. This article was interesting to read as it gave us more of an insight into the super-continent known as Pangea. We also get to learn a little more about plate tectonics and what happens when they move closer or further apart.
Jake Daily
9/12/2020 05:02:40 pm
After reading this article the main take away's that I noticed were that Pangea began developing over 300 million years ago, also how the world was formed. North America broke away from Europe and Africa and Atlantic Canada was once connected to Spain and morocco. The way that this article connects to the modules contents is it talks about natural disasters such as volcanoes erupting, earthquakes and how they caused the earth to form over time. Overall we need to keep focusing on our Earth to make sure that we are taking care of it because we only have one chance. 9/12/2020 09:55:16 pm
1) I remember always hearing about Pangea but after reading this article, I realized there is so many little facts I didn't know about. for example how it began developing 300 million years ago. Also, how Pangea and Panthalassa were believed to be the reason of trigging an intense cross-equatorial monsoons. Lastly, it was really cool to think about how dinosaurs could just wander freely across Pangea.
Wyatt Washburn
9/13/2020 02:55:27 am
1. This article brings us some very good information about Pangea and what Earth was like 300 million years ago. It also talked about how this supercontinent evolved into what Earth is today by tectonic plates moving slowly every year.
Alyssa Pillar
9/13/2020 01:11:21 pm
This article created an illustration of Pangea, a super continent that began to form over 300 million years ago and consumed one-third of the Earth's surface. However, the article's illustration of the super continent displayed a new modern version with current day borders. Today, our Earth appears to be much different with its continents drifted apart from a formed volcanic rift zone that broke the enormous continent apart. During this module, plate tectonics and continental drift was explained, which clearly depicts the evolution of our planet from the era of Pangea to modern times. It is presumed that in millions of years in the future, a new super continent may form called Pangea Proxima.
Zac Paquette
9/13/2020 01:50:54 pm
This article glorifies the super continent of Pangea, once all together 300 million years ago. Pangea covered 1/3 of Earth's surface while the other was covered by the ocean called Panthalassa, today's technology lets us see our world as it once was and lets us see how Pangea looks with current day borders. It lets us see how our world evolved over time and how we can see our location truck along the Earth to where it is now. Learning about how everything was together, the tectonic plates colliding, the explanation of fossils, this was all covered in this article and explained it thoroughly.
Alina Robertson
9/13/2020 02:44:34 pm
This article talked about Pangea, the supercontinent that was on Earth's crust 300 million years ago as well as the sea that surrounded it, Panthalassa. Then went to talk about what Earth would look like in the future with the moving of tectonic plates and how fast the continents now are moving. It connects the module by showing us that the plates moved the continents from Pangea to now and that they are still moving the continents as we speak. It was interesting to see what the world would look like many years after most of us are gone.
Megan Williams
9/13/2020 03:01:16 pm
Pangea is the last supercontinent in Earth's long history. It started to break apart 200 million years ago when magma broke through Earth's crust creating a rift that would become the Atlantic Ocean, and plate tectonics would pull apart Pangea to create the seven continents we inhabit today. This article is relevant to our current module because we are focusing on plate tectonics including where the plates exists and how they interact. One new thing I picked up from this article is that Pangea Ultima is also called Pangea Proxima.
Dania Brown
9/13/2020 03:31:25 pm
What I took away from the article is that by looking at the current evidence and information that scientists gathered about the 300 million old super continent, Pangea, can be used to determine the behaviors of plate tectonics, which also relates to our module. We are learning about the how plate tectonics drift and how their motions and movements create changes and geological disasters on the surface. I am still baffled by the Pangea Proxima theory shown in the article.
Thomas Malley
9/13/2020 03:46:21 pm
It is truly amazing to learn about the most recent supercontinent, Pangea. It's funny to say recent, because it existed over 200 million years ago. Continental plates move about 1-4 inches a year so roughly a foot a decade. With that being said, we won't realize any change within our life times. But 300 million years from now there will be another super continent. Pangea is so old that is said that dinosaurs used to roam the land. Around 200 million years ago, the was a volcanic rift due the magma under the land spread and crack the crust of the land creating the continents to spread apart. Many of the world's tallest mountains were formed by the collision of Africa and Asia. Something that amazed me but is also kind of obvious is that when the new supercontinent forms, then the oceans will become even bigger and will be the face of the new Earth.
Ellie Anderson
9/13/2020 03:53:33 pm
This article talked about Pangea-the supercontinent. We learned about magma and plate tectonics in class. We also learned about Pangea in class, so reading an article about Pangea, and more in depth, was interesting. I always had wondered if somebody could be alive to notice the changes in the Earth, but this article answered that question.
Ellie Anderson
9/13/2020 03:55:33 pm
Also, one thing I found interesting, Is that in 300 million years, a new supercontinent will be formed.
Nicholas Romero
9/13/2020 05:21:58 pm
The article on visualcapitalist talked about how Pangea was the massive landmass that was around about 300 million years ago. The article talked about how Pangea was arid and inhospitable for many since the temperatures were extreme thus explaining why very few fossils were found in the center of Pangea.Pangea was eventually seperated due to swelling magma however causing modern day countries to split apart such as Morocco and Spain and Northern Europe and North America. Many geologists are predicting the next Pangea will be when Austrailia slams into Indonesia about 175 million years in the future. This article is related to module 2's learnings because it talks about plate tectonics and how they formed Pangea and split apart and how they are still forming are world in present day and in the future. I think its interesting that no human was around during Pangea.
Olivia Clegg
9/13/2020 09:49:29 pm
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Allie Silva
9/13/2020 09:55:58 pm
I found this article to be rather informative of exactly what Pangea was and found it to be a detailed illustration of what today's continents and country borders would look like in the shape of a supercontinent like Pangea. After learning about plate tectonics and the formation of continents in this module, as well as reading the article I now have an understanding of how and why the Earth looks the way it does today. This article is a great summary of this module's lesson on plate tectonics. After everything I've learned, I'm very fascinated by the reminder that Earth is constantly moving and will look completely different millions of years from now, just as it looks different now compared to millions of years ago.
Michael Wolman
9/13/2020 09:57:14 pm
This article talks about how 300 years ago there was a super-continent named Pangea. This super-continent was all the continents formed into one. Plate tectonics has caused the continents to separate. This article then started to explain how different our world will look in the future because of the movements from plate tectonics. This article relates to our current module because it explains how Pangea was formed because of plate tectonics and how it was destroyed because of plate tectonics. The article also explains the geological disasters caused by the shifting of the plates.
Ana Verduzco
9/13/2020 11:32:46 pm
The map by Massimo Pietrobon, shows present day countries on the Pangaea map from 300 millions years ago. We will not see a new supercontinent in our life time but examining how the change has and will continue to affect our world in interesting. The world as a one landmass would change our modern methods of transportation, trade, economics, politics, real estate and culture. Many countries would no longer have ocean side lifestyles. The politics of countries within proximity would adjust to keep positive relations. Climate change would impact the way the ecosystems adjust to being closer or further away from the equator. Living organisms would have different migration patterns. This would also change the exposure of the types of natural disasters countries would face. Leave a Reply. |
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