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What might you infer if you found fossils of tropical plants in a desert?
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∙ 13y ago
That the rock where you found the fossil was at some point in a place with tropical climate, but has somehow moved to the place with a colder climate. This is generally accepted as proof of, and explained by, plate tectonic theory.
Umm...you could also conclude "if you found a fossil of a tropical plant in a cold climate?" that you need to put your coat on before venturing outside again...it's cold. And that somebody is playing a trick on you and planted the fossil just to see if you would take that coat off forgetting you were in a cold climate.
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Haylie Prohaska
That the rock where you found the fossil was at some point in a place with tropical climate, but has somehow moved to the place with a colder climate. This is generally accepted as proof of, and explained by, plate tectonic theory.
Umm...you could also conclude "if you found a fossil of a tropical plant in a cold climate?" that you need to put your coat on before venturing outside again...it's cold. And that somebody is playing a trick on you and planted the fossil just to see if you would take that coat off forgetting you were in a cold climate.
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∙ 13y agoThat the rock where you found the fossil was at some point in a place with tropical climate, but has somehow moved to the place with a colder climate. This is generally accepted as proof of, and explained by, plate tectonic theory.
Umm...you could also conclude "if you found a fossil of a tropical plant in a cold climate?" that you need to put your coat on before venturing outside again...it's cold. And that somebody is playing a trick on you and planted the fossil just to see if you would take that coat off forgetting you were in a cold climate.
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∙ 15y agoIf I found fossils of tropical plants in a desert, I can infer that it was once was a forest of some sort, and when it dried, it became a desert, and that all of the forest died and dried along with the animals.
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∙ 12y agoThere would be two possible conclusions; (1) That the continental crust was move over millions of years from a tropical to a polar area by plate tectonics, or (2) that the plant grew in situ during a period without an ice age.
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∙ 13y agoIt will be cooler because the air pressure decreases as you go higher up.
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∙ 10y agoI am only 10 but it can idicate warmth,cold, dry, and wet
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Beneath a forest in the high mountains of Canada scientists found rock layers that contained uncovered fossils of tropical plants. What can we conclude based on this information?
# It was sedimentary rock. # They were below the tree line. # The rock layer was exposed. # They were able to recognize tropical plants of ancient origin. # The fossils were once live plants at a time in which a tropical climate existed. # The climate is different now than it was at the time the fossil plants were alive. # The area where the fossils were found was once closer to the equator than it is now.
What part of the fossil is found?
Harder parts of organisms become fossils. For example vasculature in plants and bones of animals are best preserves in the fossils.
What evidence did wegener gather to support his continental drift hypothesis?
Well it wasn't so much climate as the fossils that have been found. Fossils have been found in Antarctica of plants that only occur in tropical climates so at one point it must have had a tropical climate. That is the most dramatic example but there are more subtle ones that led him to believe that the continents, at one point, must have been in different locations on the Earth and then moved to where they currently are.
Paleontologists noticed that these were the same on different continents even though the continents were separated by ocean?
The same rocks and minerals from the same batch, dinosaur fossils dating back to the same time periods, natural landforms and structures can be found on completely separate continents. This evidence supports the Plate Techtonics and Continental Drift theories.
What are tar fossils?
fossils found in tar
Can fossils of tropical plants be found in deserts?
It is possible and would indicate that at some time in the past the desert area was not a desert.
Fossils of tropical plants found on an island in the Arctic Ocean are the evidence for Wegener's hypothesis of?
Continental drift
Are fossils found in the desert?
Yes, fossils are found in deserts.
Beneath a forest in the high mountains of Canada scientists found rock layers that contained uncovered fossils of tropical plants. What can we conclude based on this information?
# It was sedimentary rock. # They were below the tree line. # The rock layer was exposed. # They were able to recognize tropical plants of ancient origin. # The fossils were once live plants at a time in which a tropical climate existed. # The climate is different now than it was at the time the fossil plants were alive. # The area where the fossils were found was once closer to the equator than it is now.
Did wegener believe that continental drift explained fossils of tropical plants found in places that today have a polar climate?
Yes, he did!
What are some evidence that pangaea existed?
Tropical fossils are being found in areas prone to artic animals now and artic fossils are being found in tropical places.
In what type of environment was the m ost fossils found?
in the desert
Does Mexico have a tropical desert?
Both the Chihuahuan Desert and the Sonoran Desert are considered tropical deserts and both are found in Mexico and the southwestern United States.
What Plants are found in The Iranian Desert?
Some plants that can be found in the Iranian desert include orchids, willow, and walnut.
Are mammal fossils found in rock?
Fossils of animals and plants can be found in sedimentary rock (limestone, chalk, slate, etc).
What kingdom is fossils?
Fossils can be any Kingdom. We have found fossils of plants, worms, animals plus many others.
What is tropical desert?
Tropical deserts are those which are found between the Tropic of cancer, and Tropic of Capricorn.
