Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Formation of new continental crust is linked to periods of intense orogeny or mountain building ; these periods coincide with the formation of the supercontinents such as Rodinia , Pangaea and Gondwana .
Simplified: The making of new continental crust is linked to times of major orogeny or mountain building . This happens at the same time as the formation of the supercontinents such as Rodinia , Pangaea and Gondwana .