Question

mountain chains in northern Europe and west Africa match the Appalachian mountains in terms of their ages and sequences of rock layers that make them up. In 2 sentences in words a 12 year old can understand analyze these observations, and explain what conclusions can be drawn from them.

Answer 1

The mountain chains in Northern Europe and West Africa are similar in age and the kinds of rocks they have, which suggests they might have formed around the same time and from the same processes. This means that these mountain ranges could have been part of the same large landmass long ago before they drifted apart.