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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 3–5 sentences, analyze these observations, and explain what conclusions can be drawn from them. (4 points)

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The matching ages and layered rock sequences show that the Appalachian mountains and those in northern Europe and west Africa were produced by the same mountain-building events, not independent coincidences. This implies those continental blocks were once joined and experienced the same deformation when oceans closed during the assembly of earlier supercontinents (e.g., Pangaea), producing a continuous orogenic belt. Such correlations are strong evidence for continental drift and plate tectonics and allow geologists to reconstruct former continental positions. The present separation is the result of later rifting and seafloor spreading that broke the contiguous mountain belt apart.

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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 3–5 sentences, analyze these observations, and explain what conclusions can be drawn from them. (4 points)

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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 3–5 sentences, analyze these observations, and explain what conclusions can be drawn from them. (4 points)