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?
Geologic History Unit Assessment, Part 2
a coral reef environment because the particles in the rock are sand-sized

A
a deep sea environment because there are small mud particles in the rocks

B
a lake environment because trilobites live in the fresh water and there are small sediments in the rocks

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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?
  Geologic History Unit Assessment, Part 2   
a coral reef environment because the particles in the rock are sand-sized
 
 A
a deep sea environment because there are small mud particles in the rocks
 
 B
a lake environment because trilobites live in the fresh water and there are small sediments in the rocks

anonymous · Answer

C.
a beach environment because trilobites

anonymous · Answer

a beach environment because trilobites live in the ocean and there are sand particles in the rocks
 
 D.

anonymous · Answer

@YoungStudier

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anonymous · Answer

this is a weird format loool

youngstudier · Answer

I'm not entirely sure for this one. :PP