Question

Sedimentary rocks found high in the Himalayan Mountains have been found with fossils of clams and other marine life. What does this indicate about the origin of the Himalayan Mountains? A) There was once a large ocean at top of the mountains. B) Animals that now live on the mountains once lived under water. C) The Earth's crust that formed these mountains was once covered with an ocean. Eliminate D) Continental drift resulted two tectonic moving closer to each other over time.

Answer 1

C is the answer.

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Answer 2

C) The Earth's crust that formed these mountains was once covered with an ocean.

Step-by-step explanation:

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In this case, the presence of such sedimentary rocks and fossils demonstrate the earlier existence of an ancient ocean that was covering the Himalayan Mountains due to the found ancient marine life which has no other option to live there because no hint of that type of evolution is available nowadays, therefore, the answer is C) the Earth's crust that formed these mountains was once covered with an ocean.

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