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There are two continents with an ocean between them. Today, the continents have very different plants and animals on

them. However, a geologist found fossils of the same type of organism on both continents. Millions of years ago, when
this type of organism was alive, we know it lived in only one place.
The geologist is using the fossils as evidence to argue
that the two continents used to be touching. How could the continents
for this to happen?
have gotten so far apart, and how long did it take

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Some of the continents might have moved apart after being together and might have been spread around by animals eating them, moving to another area, and the feces of the animal sink into the ground with some of the fossils still inside of it.

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Some of the continents might have moved apart after being together and might have been spread around by animals eating them, moving to another area, and the feces of the animal sink into the ground with some of the fossils still inside of it.

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