Marcellus shale impact on the environment

Seed plants that lived during the carboniferous impact life on earth today because a. they are the ancestors of all plant life on earth. b. their remains formed coal, which is an important resource. c. they produced fossils that are used to date many geologic events. d. their presence caused oxygen levels to drop, allowing animals to evolve.

Impressions of tropical swamp plants were observed on rocks in polar regions. the impressions were dark black imprints, which means the fossils are examples of ( 1 ) the fossils tell us that polar regions ( 2 ) ( 1 ) a. carbonization b. mineralization c. trace fossils ( 2 ) a. had tropical plants that can grow in ice b. might have had a diffierent climate in the past c. will have abundent vegitation

17. the soil erosion pictured here is the result of what? a. harvesting renewable resources at a rate greater than the sustainable yield b. a mudslide caused by excessive rains c. harvesting renewable resources at a rate lower than the sustainable yield d. the transition between geologic eras and eons