Question

4 dinosaur valley state park1. dinosaur valley state park is located in glen rose, texas. it covers 1,587 acres of land. visitors come from miles around to view the giant dinosaur tracks left on the bed of the paluxy river, a tributary of the brazos river. most of the tracks are sauropod tracks left by sauroposeidon proteles. these tracks are large elephant-like tracks.2. the other type of tracks that can be seen are theropod tracks. these tracks are smaller and often show a distinct three-toed pattern. these tracks are believed to have been made by the acrocanthosaurus, a smaller relative to the tyrannosaurus rex.3. in 1908, a flood destroyed bridges and culverts on the river and scoured the riverbed. a year later, a nine-year-old boy named george adams discovered a large, three-toed track in the limestone bed of the river.4. nearly 30 years later, r. t. bird, a fossil collector for the american museum of natural history in new york, saw one of the tracks in a shop in new mexico. he wanted to check it out for himself, so he headed to texas. he discovered that there were not only the three-toed theropod tracks but also what looked likedrawing of a sauroposeidon proteles and acrocanthosaurus by mike obrien4 the illustration of the acrocanthosaurus and the sauroposeidon proteles is included most likely to —a explain how the two dinosaurs left the tracks at the parkb compare the differences in what the two dinosaurs atec show the difference sizes of the tracks left by each dinosaurd show what the two dinosaurs might have looked like

Explanation:

The illustration displays two dinosaur species side-by-side. The text notes Sauroposeidon tracks are large (elephant-like) and Acrocanthosaurus tracks are smaller. The visual directly contrasts the physical sizes of the two dinosaurs, which corresponds to the difference in their track sizes described. Options A, B, and D are incorrect: the illustration does not explain track-making, diet, or only their appearance without the size comparison context tied to the park's tracks.

Answer:

C. show the difference sizes of the tracks left by each dinosaur