Pangaea was
A)a deep ocean trench created by colliding plates.
B)a supercontinent centered on present-day Africa.
C)an area of active earthquakes and volcanoes.
D)an area of colliding plates that formed the Himalaya Mountains.
E)the divergent plate that created the Rocky Mountains in North America.

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Pangaea was a supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago and was centered on present-day Africa. It formed by the collision of several smaller continents, and eventually broke apart into the continents we know today. None of the other options accurately describe Pangaea.

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