Temperate climate fossils have been found in Antartica. Why are they there, if Antartica is now very cold and icy? The explanation is that long ago, Antartica must have been a warm place. How is it possible? It is possible in the theory of Continental Drift. Continental Drift is the action of plate tectonics moving every year about 2-5 centimeter. Both scientists and paleontologists say that all the continents were once together forming a huge continent Pangaea.
So regarding to Continental Drift the continents all moved further away from each other causing Pangea to seperate.You may be able to find temperate climate fossils in Antartica because of many reasons. One reason may be because there was once a time where all the continents were together. That means that one day a long time ago, there must have been a temperate climate. So, as the years passed and the plate tectonics moved further away from each other, the climate must have gotten colder and colder as it got separated further away more.
So, I was researching about Antartica, and I found out that Paleontologists have found prove that Antartica might have been next to places that had temperate climates. They think that as the years passed by, the organisms that were of that time must have been left there. Then,sand must have been deposited on top of the dead organisms causing a fossil to form in those rock layers. If they were trying to find the age of those fossils they could find it easily if it is close to superposition. Superposition is the law that states that if there are undisturbed rock layers then the top layers are the younger ones and the bottom ones are older.
If this is the case, they would be able to ensure that those fossils were of the time when Antartica was connected with different places. So this is why I think that these fossils were found. I think they were there because of the time that Antartica had not yet been separated from the big continent there once was!
So regarding to Continental Drift the continents all moved further away from each other causing Pangea to seperate.You may be able to find temperate climate fossils in Antartica because of many reasons. One reason may be because there was once a time where all the continents were together. That means that one day a long time ago, there must have been a temperate climate. So, as the years passed and the plate tectonics moved further away from each other, the climate must have gotten colder and colder as it got separated further away more.
So, I was researching about Antartica, and I found out that Paleontologists have found prove that Antartica might have been next to places that had temperate climates. They think that as the years passed by, the organisms that were of that time must have been left there. Then,sand must have been deposited on top of the dead organisms causing a fossil to form in those rock layers. If they were trying to find the age of those fossils they could find it easily if it is close to superposition. Superposition is the law that states that if there are undisturbed rock layers then the top layers are the younger ones and the bottom ones are older.
If this is the case, they would be able to ensure that those fossils were of the time when Antartica was connected with different places. So this is why I think that these fossils were found. I think they were there because of the time that Antartica had not yet been separated from the big continent there once was!
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