What Causes the Deep Red Color of Soils Found in Georgia

question 27

Multiple Choice

What causes the deep red color of soils found in Georgia and other warm,humid regions?

• A)clay minerals
• B)feldspar
• C)iron oxides
• D)quartz

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Polar Solvents

Solvents containing molecules with a partial electrical charge, enabling them to dissolve polar substances.

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A colorless, volatile, and highly flammable liquid hydrocarbon with a distinctive sweet smell, used as a base material in the chemical industry and derived from petroleum.

Toluene

A colorless, water-insoluble liquid hydrocarbon with a sweet smell, used as an industrial solvent and in the production of chemicals.

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