4: after reading a scientific paper, in 1911, that listed identical plant and animal fossils on opposite sides of the atlanticocean. alfred wegener, a meteorologist and explorer, hypothesized that the continents were once a largelandmass. with his new found curiosity, he set out to search for other cases of identical fossils on opposite sides ofoceans. wegener published his findings in 1915 (as seen in figure 1) and inspired many other geologists.

how does figure 1 provide evidence to explain how the earth has evolved over geologic time?

a: fossils contain dna that show a common ancestor.
b: fossils show the gradual change of organisms over time due to the changing climate of the area they live in.
c: fossils of the same organisms can only be found on the same continent, showing that continents have alwaysbeen separated.
d: fossils of the same organism can be found on continents that are not connected, showing that all continentswere once together.