Answer:
a. plants are preserved as fossils
Explanation:
Through the passing of time, the dead bodies like plants or animals rest in soil, and the cover by different particles, with the time they can be compressed and form a soil layer. If the environment condition changes they get caught in one soil layer. If this process is repeated constantly, so a new soil layer will be formed. So passing the time, different soil layers will have different animals or plants. With the help of isotopes, the scientist can determine the years of each layer.
I think B because it involved friction
If not for the Earth's rotation, global winds would blow in straight north-south lines. ... The Coriolis effect influences wind direction around the world in this way: in the Northern Hemisphere it curves winds to the right; in the Southern Hemisphere it curves them left. The exception is with low pressure systems.