Scientists have found many marine fossils on mountains far from any ocean or sea. what is the best explanation for these fossils? sc.7.e.6.4 (1 point) meteors with marine fossils landed on the mountains. wind carried fossils from the seashore to the mountains. the mountains were made out of land that was once below the ocean. predators caught marine prey and carried it to the top of the mountains.

C. The mountains were made out of land that was once below the ocean.

a rain shadow is a dry region of land on the side that is protected against the prevailing winds of a mountain range. the prevailing winds are the winds that occur most of the time in a particular place of the earth

prevailing winds carry air toward the mountain range. as the air rises up over a mountain range, the air cools, water vapor condenses, and clouds form. on this side of the mountains, called the windward side, precipitation falls in the form of  rain  or snow. this dry air produces a  rain shadow.

it is the most commonly accepted one