Question

This preserved piece of the delta floor from Western Indiana shows how animals lived and died together. It also shows us that at one time Western Indiana was ____________ and wave action covered this area of the delta with sediments, preserving the life story of these organisms in the fossil record.
Responses
A high in the mountainshigh in the mountains
B periodically glaciatedperiodically glaciated
C on the edge of the oceanon the edge of the ocean
D subject to great climate change

Answer 1

C — on the edge of the ocean.

A delta floor with wave action and sediment burial indicates a shallow coastal/marine environment, not mountains, glaciation, or general climate change.