Question

By studying the distribution of different types of fossils, geologists have determined that some plates have traveled great distances. Evidence to support this comes from the fact that –
A.fossils of organisms that lived in warm climates have been found in arctic environments.
B. Species of organisms in the fossil record have changed over geologic time.
C. Some fossilized organisms have only been found on one continent.
D. The oldest known fossils, found in the deepest rock layers, represent ocean organisms.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Fossils of organisms that lived in warm climates have been found in arctic environments.

Explanation:

One of the logic used by Geologists to justify plate movement over a region of space is that the fossils of organisms that lived in warm climates have been found in arctic environments.

• this is as a result of plate tectonics.
• organisms that are well adapted to warm climates in times past have their relics preserved as fossils.
• their fossils are no found today around the arctic environment which are cold
• this suggests that the plate must have drifted or moved