A student observes that a mountain has a layer of coal at the top of it. How did the coal come to be at the top of the mountain?*

Melissa lives in a town called greendale. she discovers that when she lights a match and holds it near her kitchen faucet, the little flame grows into a larger fire. melissa is surprised because she thought the water would extinguish the flame rather than ignite it further. her mother tells her that the water might be contaminated with dissolved methane, a primary component in natural gas. melissa investigates the matter and finds that cases of methane contamination started shortly after a company began fracking for natural gas in the area. based on this information, which three statements are plausible consequences of fracking in greendale?

Ineed to know why d is the correct answer asap

What is a gene ? a) a section of a protein that codes for dna. b) the alternate version of a trait. c) the visible trait in the f1 generation. d) a section of dna that codes for a specific trait .