Physics, 14.01.2020 17:31, 719563mercy

Your neighbor reads a newspaper article about fossils of tropical plants being found in a very cold, southern area of the world. “how can that be? ” he asks you. you tell him that
a. it must be an april fool’s article.
b. the fossil must have been moved to that area after forming.
c. the continents may once have been in very different places than they are now.
d. the plants probably fell in the ocean and were carried to a cold area.

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