Question
Read the passage and answer the following question(s).
Fossil Layers
Students study fossil layers from a canyon that has a river flowing through the bottom. The students compare the fossil layers of the two canyon walls on each side of the river. They notice the two sides are not identical, but they see the same pattern of change. The picture shows the fossil layers in the two canyon walls.
Wall 1 and Wall 2 each show 4 layers. Both walls show fossils in each layer. From the bottom, the first and second layer of each wall show seashell fossils. The third and fourth layers of each wall show Dinosaur fossils.
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Question 8.
Which statement is best supported by the evidence shown in the passage?
Landscapes change over time.
Landscapes remain the same over time.
Landscapes in most parts of the world are very similar.
Landscapes on one side of a river can be very different from the other side.
Fossil Layers
Students study fossil layers from a canyon that has a river flowing through the bottom. The students compare the fossil layers of the two canyon walls on each side of the river. They notice the two sides are not identical, but they see the same pattern of change. The picture shows the fossil layers in the two canyon walls.
Wall 1 and Wall 2 each show 4 layers. Both walls show fossils in each layer. From the bottom, the first and second layer of each wall show seashell fossils. The third and fourth layers of each wall show Dinosaur fossils.
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Question 8.
Which statement is best supported by the evidence shown in the passage?
Landscapes change over time.
Landscapes remain the same over time.
Landscapes in most parts of the world are very similar.
Landscapes on one side of a river can be very different from the other side.
Answers
GPT-5 mini
Landscapes change over time.
The different fossils in the layers (sea shells in the lower layers, dinosaurs in the upper layers) show that the environment changed over time, leaving different kinds of fossils in different layers.
The different fossils in the layers (sea shells in the lower layers, dinosaurs in the upper layers) show that the environment changed over time, leaving different kinds of fossils in different layers.