If you were a geologist,what evidence might you find (in rocks or sediments)that would indicate that wildfires had occurred in the past?
A) fossilized pine cones
B) grass pollen
C) clay layers
D) charcoal
E) oak bark

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Charcoal is the best evidence that wildfires had occurred in the past. When vegetation burns, the carbon components of the plants are converted into charcoal, which is then deposited in sediments or rocks, preserving the evidence of past fires. Fossilized pine cones and oak bark can possibly indicate past wildfires, but not as conclusively as charcoal. Grass pollen and clay layers do not provide any evidence of fires.

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