Question

The discovery of the fossils of prehistoric whales that lived millions of years ago in Mississippi indicate that A) the whales were once land-dwelling mammals. B) the whales lived in an inland sea, which dried up. C) the Gulf of Mexico once covered what is now the State of Mississippi. D) the whales were hunted by the native American tribes that lived along the river.

Answer 1

Answer:

C) the Gulf of Mexico once covered what is now the State of Mississippi.

Answer 2

Option (C)

Explanation:

Mississippi is located towards the south-western part of North America, which is now very close to the sea body including the gulf of Mexico. This area was submerged underwater in the past geological times, about millions of years back, that provided a shallow marine condition suitable for the organisms to get buried and get fossilized.

The fossils of prehistoric whales are obtained in this region, as this area was underwater, being a shallow marine condition.

Thus, the state of Mississippi was under the Gulf of Mexico in the geological past.

Thus, the correct answer is option (C).

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