Question

Mountain chains in Northern Europe and West Africa match the Appalachian Mountains in terms of their ages and the sequences of rock layers that make them up. In 3 short sentences, analyze these observations, and explain what conclusions can be drawn from them. make it look like it was written by a 9th grader

Answer 1

Geologists found that the mountains in Northern Europe and West Africa have the same ages and rock layers as the Appalachian Mountains. This means those places used to be joined together as one big mountain range back when the continents were connected (like during Pangaea). So the continents have moved apart over time because of plate tectonics, which explains why the same rocks are now far apart.