The table provided shows areas where sedimentary rock layers are exposed, as well as the environmental factors that
produced the rock layers.
Area Level of Vegetation
at Time of
Sedimentation
Low
A
B
C
D
B) Area D
Area A
High
D) Area B
Low
Rate of
Sedimentation
High
Coal forms in locations where vegetation gets buried by sediments quickly and then altered by heat and pressure over
millions of years. Which location is most likely to have coal?
A Area C
Fast
Fast
Slow
Slow
Years Since
Sedimentation
Formed
1,000
100 million
100 million
1,000