During the Carboniferous period, Virginia was equatorial and the warm seas supported abundant life and the deposition of lime sediments. The limestones produced from these sediments contain fossils of bryozoans and relatives of sea urchins and sand dollars. On land, coastal swamps formed along what is now the Appalachian Plateau. Tree ferns, horsetail rushes, and other plants grew in abundance in these swampy lowlands. This warm, tropical environment was the original source of what natural resource mined throughout this area during the past century? A) coal B) gypsum C) kaolin D) methane

thinking it would be d not too sure but i think it's right

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the water molecules are transferred from the roots to the stem or top parts of the tall tree because of important properties of water which are adhesion, cohesion and capillary action. cohesion is the property of water molecules keeps water molecules in a combined state by sharing of bonds between them at the atomic level. adhesion allows the interaction of water molecules with other substances or substrate. adhesion will cause the attachment of water molecules to the wall of the vessel (xylem) of the plant. capillary action occurs when the adhesive force to the vessel wall is stronger than the cohesive force between water molecules. capillary action mimics the transfer of water from a tube or pipe. in this way water utilizes its property to transfer water from down to top level of the plant.