Monday, February 13, 2012

Plate Tectonics and the Future

Click on the link below and look to the right to see pictures of the super continent Amasia.  This futuristic picture is what some Geologists believe that the Earth will look in the future.  The name Amasia is a combination of America and Asia.


Amasia

Now click on the next link to listen to what is believed will happen to the other continents and when will it happen.  Plate Tectonics is changing the Earth's surface.  What do you think will happen in the future? What do you think about the changes with India and Australia? Listen to the article.  Watch the video os the rise of and split of Pangea.  Join in the conversation.


New Supercontinent
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  1. Brooke C and Taylar HFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:27 AM

    In the future, after a long time from now all the continents will be join together to make one large land mass call Amasia.We think the changes were big because they both traveled almost completely around the world.

    Taylar H and Brooke C.

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  2. Lorraine Lowrey, Brynn Hollingsworth, Jenny Keyser and Abby CooganFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:30 AM

    All the continets will join together and form a new pangea. They have defently shrunk and then moved back to the place they originated.

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    1. Zach Josh BryantFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:34 AM

      We think the new supercontinent will be called Amasia. We agree that they have shrunk over time.

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    2. Brooke C and Taylar HFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:41 AM

      They wouldn't form a new Pangea it would be called Amasia

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    3. Julia Glenn and Alex StevensFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:46 AM

      It will not form a new Pangaea because the continents will be rearranged into a new formation, that could end up as Amasia.
      The individual continents cannot shrink. A supercontinent can get smaller if the plates collide and slip under each other into subduction zones, but individual continents cannot really shrink.

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    4. Nate Horning:) and Rheanna Barry :(February 13, 2012 at 5:50 AM

      That's completely true, they probably will go back to it's place it originated. And it would not be called pangea, it would be called Amasia.

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    5. Lorraine Lowrey, Brynn Hollingsworth, Abby Coogan, and Jenny KeyserFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:52 AM

      Yes we know that it won't be called pangea but it will be a land form like pangea. We only used that name to descibe the landform.

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    6. Bailee and LexiFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:57 AM

      We think that they have shrunk and that it will not be similar to pangea. We think it will be totally different.

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    7. Olivia Gundrum & rachelle kuebelFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:24 AM

      @ Lorraine,Brynn,Abby,and Jenny

      How do you know that it won't be called Pangaea anymore

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  3. Zach Josh BryantFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:31 AM

    We think that the continents will come together and move in a bunch. We think the changes with India and Australia were big because they moved almost completely around the world.

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    1. Brett Kron and Dylan NobleFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:40 AM

      We agree with what you said and that India and Australia have moved almost entirely around the world.

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  4. Brett Kron and Dylan NobleFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:36 AM

    In the future all the continents will eventually come together. I think it is very weird that they completely move positions.

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    1. Brooke C and Taylar HFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:46 AM

      It isn't that weird because the continents move at least 2 inches every year.

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    2. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:53 AM

      i also think that the continents will collide

      ross dallas brian

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  5. Jalynn Johnson, Maddie LindemannFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:39 AM

    In the future we think that another super continent will form, like in the video. We think the movement will be major, and Amasia will exsist at one point. We think the changed in India and Australia are big because they moved the most out of all of the other continents.

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    1. CODY @NNIS COREY.BR@NDIFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:50 AM

      We agree with you!

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    2. Rachel Schiller and Hannah BasilFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:12 AM

      We completely agree with all of your statements.

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  6. Jalynn Johnson, Maddie LindemannFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:40 AM

    @Brett and Dylan:
    Why do you think it's weird? Is is that all of the continents move majorly? Maddie says that's pretty much the idea of continental drift.

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  7. Julia Glenn and Alex StevensFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:42 AM

    We think that the continents will spread out and come back together, rather than skirt the earth and come together. We also think that continents and plates will run into each other, creating subduction zones. Lastly, we think that it would be interesting to see how big Asia would be if Australia were to join it near India and Japan.

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    1. Lorraine Lowrey, Brynn Hollingsworth, Jenny Keyser, and Abby CooganFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:56 AM

      @ Alex and Julia
      Seeing asia and australia together would be interesting to see.

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    2. andrea and rachelFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:35 AM

      @ juila and alex
      we love how your paragraph was so informative and detailed.

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  8. Rheanna Barry and Nate Horning:)February 13, 2012 at 5:43 AM

    We think that all the continents will come together to make one continents. We thought that the changes in India & Australia were very intense because they moved really far compared to the others.

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  9. Carley Snell and Liz ScarlatoFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:44 AM

    In the future, scientists believe that another continent will form called Amasia. We think the changes will be pretty big because they moved across the whole world.

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    1. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:49 AM

      we agree because the continents will move across the whole world


      Wade and Drew

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:47 AM

    in the future the continents will join into one super continent. me and Drew can't believe that India and Australia moved liked that around the world.

    Drew and Wade

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:51 AM

    i think that all of the continents will collide and form amasia. it is strange that the continents move from one area to the next in a few years.

    ross campbell brian schraffenberger Dallas Blasek

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    1. andrea and rachelFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:33 AM

      @ dallas
      we agree that all the continents will collide and form amasia.

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  12. Jesse Noell & Eric FishFebruary 13, 2012 at 5:52 AM

    We think the continents will come together to form one big continet. We think that the changes in India and Australia Were very crazy since they moved all over the world

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  13. brady doyleFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:14 AM

    They wouldn't form a new Pangea it would be called Amasia because there was all ready something called pangea and this one would be in different shape.

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    1. Bailee and LexiFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:37 AM

      What do you think about the changes in India and Australia? We think the change are very big.

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  14. Jordan Iori and Sara Bloemker(:February 13, 2012 at 6:17 AM

    We think that the continents will spread apart even more, because that's what they have been doing. We cant believe that India and Australia traveled like that all around the world.

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    1. maggie hoover and sarah colwellFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:24 AM

      We agree with your statement but how have the continents been spreading apart?

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  15. maggie hoover and sarah colwellFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:20 AM

    We think that all of the continents will form together as one big landmass because the plate tectonics are moving the continents towards each other. The changes between India and Australia were very big, because they moved way more than the other continents.

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  16. Rachel Lincoln & Andrea SchwabFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:21 AM

    in the future i think another super continent will form and we noticed that India and Australia moved a lot

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    1. Will smith and Jon finnFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:32 AM

      Your right, India and Australia did move a lot. Everyboty is saying that.

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    2. Matthew budde and Brad WeidnerFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:35 AM

      @Rachel and Andrea
      Brad and I agree with you. I wonder why Australia and India move so much more compared to the other continents. It might be because they are smaller continents.

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  17. Jordan Iori and Sara Bloemker(:February 13, 2012 at 6:21 AM

    @Brady Doyle
    We kinda agree, but we don't think that the continents will come together ever again, we think if anything the continents would run into each other, or they could travel around the world and come together again but in reverse.

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    1. brady doyleFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:24 AM

      true

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    2. Maggie HooverFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:40 AM

      @ sara and jordan

      That makes sense. It wasnt what I was thinking, but that makes sense.

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  18. Matthew budde and Brad WeidnerFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:26 AM

    In the future we believe,that eventually the continents will come together and will form a super continent. It is weird that Australia and India move a lot more than the rest of the continents.

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    1. Sam Gunther and Charlie RainesFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:41 AM

      We also thought it was weird that Australia and India moved a lot more than the other continents.

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  19. Will smith and Jon finnFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:27 AM

    we think that the continents will all meet at the other side of the earth.

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    1. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:46 AM

      yes i do argree with u because i do think the continents will re connect soon



      BRANDI LUERS

      CODY ANNIS

      CORY

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  20. Bailee and LexiFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:32 AM

    In the future, we think a super content will be a super content called Amasia and it could be where they expect or it could be 300 miles away. We think that this super continent will not happen for thousands of years.

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  21. Sam Gunther and Charlie RainesFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:38 AM

    We think that all the continents will come together and form another super continent.They both moved around a lot but stayed in the same area.

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    1. CODY @NNIS COREY.BR@NDIFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:53 AM

      we agree with youu 100%.

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  22. Jenna Bertke, Cara Roche & Katherine SlatteryFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:41 AM

    We feel that India and Australia will gradually move southward until it hit Antarctica and then will move along with it. We feel that the continents will move together one day, but not all of them will be together.

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  23. Jenna Bertke, Cara Roche & Katherine SlatteryFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:50 AM

    Bailee and Lexi@We agree with the theory that some of the continents will one day form another super continent. It's too bad we won't be around to see the new super continent.

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  24. Jenna Bertke, Cara Roche & Katherine SlatteryFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:59 AM

    Matthew budde and Brad Weidner@We all agree, we too think that one continent will form one day, and Australia and India do move more than the other continents.

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  25. Brandon GardnerFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:22 AM

    i think that one day in the future a land form will rise from some where

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  26. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:27 AM

    I think that the continents should be as is because if they move, there is a chance that earthquakes might happen due to plate tectonics.-Dominic Deutsch

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  27. Brandon GardnerFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:32 AM

    i agree with lexi and bailee

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  28. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:39 AM

    i think the earth will reform at some point in the future .



    Brandi Luers / Cody . cory

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  29. Cameron Sanchez/Mark SchaafFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:40 AM

    i think the video was cool how the continents move all around the earth. We both agree that in a couple million years that a super continent is possible.

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    1. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:44 AM

      you need more information for your blog cause we can not comment on it but we do argree with u .




      BRANDI LUERS
      /CODY ANNIS

      CORY WILHOITE

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    2. nick sferrazzaFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:46 AM

      i agree with u mark and sanchez about a super continent. i wounder how long that super continents will be a super continent.

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  30. nick sferrazzaFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:41 AM

    i think one day there will be a super continent. i dont disagree or agree, i just dont really now.

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  31. !~MYA HILL~!February 13, 2012 at 7:41 AM

    Mrs.Hoffman,
    In the future i think that there will be more continents formed.I think that the changes are shocking because you never would have thought that this would happen.

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    1. Erin Pegg & Chyanne BergerFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:53 AM

      we agree because we think the continents will change and the plates will no longer be sepraed.

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  32. !~MYA HILL~!February 13, 2012 at 7:42 AM

    @Dominic i agree with you because i think there will be a super continent in the future

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  33. CODY @NNIS COREY.BR@NDIFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:45 AM

    ther will be changes and we need to be repare to the furture.ihop they can find new materal to find new resouresfor energy.

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  34. kyle bear$eFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:46 AM

    i like the fact of that the continents will on day rejoin as one big continent called a super continent and the plates will no longer be separated.


    ray&kyle

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  35. Erin Pegg &Chyanne BergerFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:46 AM

    We think that the continets will move apart first and then move back together eventually. We think the structure will stay the same but they will probably move in the future.

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  36. kylie lonnemanFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:50 AM

    Mrs.Hoffman

    I dont think that the continets will move back together to form a super continet. I think that the continets will keep moving apart from each other but maybe they will come back together in another 300 million years.

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    1. Kaylin Applegate Olivia OgdenFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:07 AM

      I agree with you because the eaths plates are constenly moving

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  37. kylie lonnemanFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:52 AM

    Erin and Chyanne,
    I agree with your statement in your blog.

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  38. Kaylin Applegate Olivia OgdenFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:05 AM

    I do not think that the continets will move back together to form a super continet. I think that the continets will keep moving apart from each other but maybe they will come back together in another 200 million years.

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    1. Olivia Gundrum & rachelle kuebelFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:09 AM

      yes, but the earth is round so if they continue to move they will eventually meet up.

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  39. Olivia Gundrum & rachelle kuebelFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:06 AM

    We think that the continents will come back together, because if they continue to keep moving they will all eventually meet. We think that India will hit Antarctica and Australia, but they won't fit together perfectly, because over the years the continents have probably eroded and ends could of broken off.

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  40. ManasaTalleyFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:07 AM

    WE think that the continets will move back to together to form a super continet eventually. We think the structur will stay the same but they will probably move in the future.

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  41. Hannah Basil and Rachel SchillerFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:08 AM

    In the future, we think that the continents will join together to form a super continent once again. India and Australia have moved the most out of all the continents so that means the changes are huge!

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  42. Andy ShirerFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:09 AM

    The earth will be again a super continent called Amasia. They change drastically.

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  43. **Corey-Allen**February 13, 2012 at 9:15 AM

    I think that the continents will move back together. I cant believe that India and Australia traveled all around the world. I cant believe that it would be one Super-Continent.

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  44. Danny McCarthy And Matt SchapkerFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:18 AM

    New Superconents
    It will not form a new Pangaea because the continents will be rearranged into a new formation that could end up as Amasia.
    The individual continents cannot shrink. A supercontinent can get smaller if the plates collide and slip under each other into subduction zones, but individual continents cannot really shrink.
    Amasia
    We think that the continents will spread out and come back together, rather than skirt the earth and come together. We also think that continents and plates will run into each other, creating subduction zones. Lastly, we think that it would be interesting to see how big Asia would be if Australia were to join it near India and Japan.

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    1. Johnathon AdelhardtFebruary 13, 2012 at 12:51 PM

      Awesome I like how you said that about you Austrilia.

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  45. Simon StuckeyFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:21 AM

    I predict that in the future that all of the continents will be crushed because of the continents smashing in to one another.

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    1. Andy ShirerFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:33 AM

      You forgot to answer question 2.

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  46. Danny McCarthy And Matt SchapkerFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:24 AM

    @Rachel Schiller and Hannah Basil
    We agree with you and that is a good idea.

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  47. ~*Corey-Allen*~February 13, 2012 at 9:24 AM

    @ Manasa Talley

    I agree I think the structure will stay the same but I think it will move and be one super continent...do you believe that there will be another super continent ? ? I don't !

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  48. Key spencer Joe Ben SchapkerFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:24 AM

    What we think will happen in the future is that the super continent Amaisa will occur.
    We think Australia and India will move soon because they have been gone for awhile.

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  49. Key spencer Joe Ben SchapkerFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:27 AM

    @Andi shirer
    We agree that Amaisa will occur

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  50. nathanael matt cj jonhathanFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:30 AM

    In the future contonits is going to join to be 1 contonit. then maby break apart and create even more contonis in the future

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  51. nathanael john mat cjFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:36 AM

    good job key and ben i like your amount of info great job guys

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  52. Johnathon AdelhardtFebruary 13, 2012 at 12:48 PM

    I think that the supercontinent Amasia will occur and that the earth will be different.Austrilia will keep moving north and India will go where the other continents go.

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  53. Johnathon AdelhardtFebruary 13, 2012 at 12:57 PM

    Another thing is that will be by Austrillia that is what will happen to India.

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  54. Matthew MurphyFebruary 14, 2012 at 8:47 PM

    I think that all the continents will come together again to from a super continent. it may look like Amasia and it may not. The only thing I found weird was how far each of the continents moved. I just founded it cool how you could see how far they might actually move.

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  55. Matthew MurphyFebruary 14, 2012 at 8:51 PM

    @Rheanna and Nate
    I agree totally I also thought that the way India and Australia moved was "intense".

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  56. Matthew MurphyFebruary 14, 2012 at 8:54 PM

    @Hannah Basil and Rachel
    I agree with you on them coming together, but do you think they will look like Amasia when the supercontinent forms??

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