Pangaea was
A) a deep ocean trench created by colliding plates.
B) an area of active earthquakes and volcanoes.
C) a supercontinent centered on present-day Africa.
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 during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, centered on present-day Africa. It was formed by the collision of several smaller continents, and eventually broke apart into the continents we know today.

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