Question

n the early 1900s, a scientist named Alfred Wegener studied geology and meteorology. He noticed that northwestern Europe, which generally has a cool climate, contained a type of coal deposits that could only be formed in hot, wet climates. He also knew that paleontologists, who study fossil records, had found fossils of similar extinct reptiles in Africa and South America, even though those reptiles would not have been able to swim across the ocean that now separates Africa and South America.

3a. What theory is supported by Wegener's observations?

(1 point)
Responses

atomic
atomic

gravity
gravity

plate tectonics
plate tectonics

general relativity
general relativity
Question 2
Scientific evidence indicates that fossil fuels (oil, coal, and natural gas) form in areas where plates are colliding and tiny, dead organisms can get buried deep in the crust as those plates collide. This means scientists expect to find fossil fuel deposits near the edges of continents. However, large fossil fuel deposits are also found in deserts and even in arctic areas where conditions are currently not suitable for fossil fuels to form.

3b. Put the following steps in chronological order (first at the top to last at the bottom) to communicate a logical explanation for how the above situation can be caused.

(1 point)
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when plates collide organic matter from tiny dead organisms gets bried when one plate frops below the other

over long periods of time high heat amd pressure rearrange the molecules of the organic matter to from fossil fuels

due to the movement of plates the rock containing these fossil fuels can be moved thousands of miles and can end up in deserts or artic regions

Answer 1

### 3a. What theory is supported by Wegener's observations?

**Response:**
plate tectonics

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### 3b. Put the following steps in chronological order to communicate a logical explanation for how the above situation can be caused.

**Correct Order:**

1. when plates collide organic matter from tiny dead organisms gets buried when one plate drops below the other
2. over long periods of time high heat and pressure rearrange the molecules of the organic matter to form fossil fuels
3. due to the movement of plates the rock containing these fossil fuels can be moved thousands of miles and can end up in deserts or arctic regions