There are seven continents, or large land masses, on the planet
Earth. While they are separated by ocean today, 200 million
years ago there was one supercontinent called Pangae in which all
seven land masses were connected. Pangaea started to break up
into two smaller supercontinents, called Laurasia and Gondwanaland,
during the Jurassic period. By the end of the Cretaceous period,
the continents were separating into land masses that look like our
modern-day continents.
The seven continents are: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica.
