Question

Both clockwise and counterclockwise spiraled snail fossils have been found in bedrock.In a slab of rock that contains many fossil snails, what evidence would lead geologists to conclude that the slab was formed in a tropical climate?

Answer 1

As Snail is a land species, they for about 2-3 years, based on there calcium carbonate shells it can be concluded that they form in tropics.

Step-by-step explanation:

• When looking at the slabs or the plate from both the clockwise and counterclockwise, spiraled snails fossils are usually in the spiral forms and the bedrocks that may have collected their imprints from the sediments deposited in the geologic formation of the earth.

• The slabs of rock are hence evidence of the tropical climates and their creation is a due result of their shells that were deposited in the large tract of rocks when the uplifting of landmasses and the volcanic events take place.

• Geologists use carbon-14 dating technology of the rocks estimate that their formation which hence is impacted due to the climatic region dominating the tropical oceans and lands is suited to the formation of these small creatures that their existence on the calcium carbonates creates this evidence.