Suppose you are hiking in the mountains of Utah and find a fossil of an animal that lived on the ocean floor. You learn the rock that holds the fossils is from the Mississippi period. What was the environment like during the Mississippian in Utah?

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A: It can be proved graphically as discussed on next step.

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A: The loss of bone mineral is due to which force we have to find.

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A: Answer - A - Evidence of the mass extinction of many species.

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A: (a).A crest is the point on a wave where the displacement of the medium is at a maximum.

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Ideal Gas Law

Ideal gas law states that the product of pressure and volume of a gas directly varies with the product of the number of moles, the universal gas constant, and the temperature of the gas.