Question

While students are studying a rock outcrop along a highway, they discover a sedimentary rock layer that contains fish fossils. What best explains why these fossils are there?
A:The local area was once an aquatic environment
B:Long ago these fish also lived on land.
C:Someone once dumped some dead fish there.
D:A flood washed these fossils to this area.

Answer 1

The local area was once an aquatic environment