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Waveform Audio File Format  |  1992-06-26  |  1.4 MB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  1 minute, 4 seconds
Transcription: According to the continental drift theory, the huge land masses of the Earth are in constant movement. The continents and the oceans rest upon rock plates that move relative to each other at rates of a few centimeters a year. Up until about 200 million years ago, the continents were connected into one single land mass called Pangaea. Pangaea split and the pieces drifted apart creating two new continents Laorasia in the north and Gondwanaland in the south. The land mass that was to become India separated and moved northward. Australia separated from Antarctica. The two super continents then pul ...