The Tapeats Sandstone is made of sand-sized rock pieces and contains fossils of trilobites. Trilobites were marine organisms similar to modern-day horseshoe crabs. In which kind of environment did the Tapeats Sandstone most likely form and why?

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anonymous · Answer

a lake environment because trilobites live in the fresh water and there are small sediments in the rocks
 
A.
	
a deep sea environment because there are small mud particles in the rocks
 
B.
	
a coral reef environment because the particles in the rock are sand-sized
 
C.
	
a beach environment because trilobites live in the ocean and there are sand particles in the rocks
 
D.

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

i think C. a coral reef environment because the particles in the rock are sand-sized

anonymous · Answer

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