In the early 1900s, a scientist named Alfred Wegener studied geology and meteorology. He
noticed that northwestern Europe, which generally has a cool climate, contained a type of
coal deposits that could only be formed in hot, wet climates. He also knew that
paleontologists, who study fossil records, had found fossils of similar extinct reptiles in Africa
and South America, even though those reptiles would not have been able to swim across the
ocean that now separates Africa and South America.
What theory is supported by Wegener's observations?
A. gravity
B. atomic
C. plate tectonics
D. general relativity
C. plate tectonics
1. When plates collide, organic matter from tiny, dead organisms gets buried when one plate drops below the other.
2. Over long periods of time, high heat and pressure rearrange the molecules of this organic matter to form fossil fuels.
3. Due to the movement of plates, the rock containing these fossil fuels can be moved thousand of miles and can end up in deserts or arctic regions.
Scientific evidence indicates that fossil fuels (oil, coal, and natural gas) form in areas where plates are colliding and tiny, dead organisms can get buried deep in the crust as those plates collide. This means scientists expect to find fossil fuel deposits near the edges of continents. However, large fossil fuel deposits are also found in deserts and even in arctic areas where conditions are currently not suitable for fossil fuels to form.
Put the following steps in chronological order (first at top to last at the bottom) to communicate a logical explanation for how the above situation can be caused.
Steps:
Due to the movement of plates, the rock containing these fossil fuels can be moved thousand of miles and can end up in deserts or arctic regions.
Over long periods of time, high heat and pressure rearrange the molecules of this organic matter to form fossil fuels.
When plates collide, organic matter from tiny, dead organisms gets buried when one plate drops below the other.