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Macroevolution was influenced significantly by continental drift. Place the following three events in their correct order.

I. formation of Laurasia and Godwana
II. formation of Pangea
III. formation Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia, Europe, and Antarctica

A. I, II, III

B.II, I, III

C. III, II, I

D. I, III, II

E. II. III, I

2007-12-27 13:38:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Biology

6 answers

B-
The part of Pangaea that lies in the Northern Hemisphere is called Laurasia. It includes most of the present-day North America, Greenland, Europe, and Asia.

Gondwana is the part of Pangaea that lies in the Southern Hemisphere. It includes most of the present-day South America, Africa, India, Australia, and Antarctica.

Pangaea split into the two megacontinents Laurasia and Gondwana beginning in the Late Triassic.

2007-12-27 13:58:54 · answer #1 · answered by E D 2 · 0 0

B-
The part of Pangaea that lies in the Northern Hemisphere is called Laurasia. It includes most of the present-day North America, Greenland, Europe, and Asia.

Gondwana is the part of Pangaea that lies in the Southern Hemisphere. It includes most of the present-day South America, Africa, India, Australia, and Antarctica.

Pangaea split into the two megacontinents Laurasia and Gondwana beginning in the Late Triassic.

2007-12-28 01:15:09 · answer #2 · answered by abe 2 · 0 0

B- The modern continents formed from the breakup of Laurasia and Gondwanaland, which had previous emerged from the breakup of Pangea.

2007-12-27 21:43:02 · answer #3 · answered by Hermoderus 4 · 0 0

A.

Pangea formed from Laurasia and Gondwana, then broke up into the modern continents.
Macroevolution, as a term, should not be promoted. Evolution is evolution.

2007-12-27 21:47:57 · answer #4 · answered by Labsci 7 · 3 0

B.II, I, III
is the answer you're looking for.
But just as a side note...macroevolution never happened. All of it is a bunch of bull malarky. There is little evidence supporting it and MUCH evidence contradicting it.

2007-12-28 11:50:25 · answer #5 · answered by Bri 3 · 0 1

What did we start with, and what did we end up with?

(reminds me of a favorite bumper sticker: "Re-unite Gondwanaland!")

2007-12-27 21:43:54 · answer #6 · answered by John R 7 · 0 0

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