Paleontologists, geologists, and other scientists have found similar fossils on different continents. In addition, they have found mineral and fossil fuel deposits in locations far from areas where they expected to find those resources. They also noticed that the boundaries of continents appear to fit together like puzzle pieces. Scientists developed a theory that attempts to explain these pieces of evidence. This theory is called the theory of plate tectonics.
8. Which one of the following BEST communicates the most logical explanation for the evidence described in the passage?
Resource deposits have been moved by researchers and then found later by other scientists.
Large segments of crust called plates have moved to new positions over periods of millions of years.
Organisms have migrated to new areas, which caused continental drift to occur.
As water floods new areas, sections of crust are transferred by water to new locations.