Why marine animals use carbonates dissolved in sea water to make their shells
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As the sea water has lots of carbonate ions so it's easy for the animals who make shells with carbonate. It's easily available and strengthen the shell.
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The carbon dioxide reacts with the seawater and gets reduced to form the carbonate ion. The carbonate ion then combines with the calcium ion present in the sea to form the calcium carbonate layer in the molluscs. This is harmful to the molluscs as it degrades the shells formed if the seawater is acidic in nature.
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