Which of the Following Is a True Statement About Weathering

question 35

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a true statement about weathering?

• A) Weathering process can make dissolved ions such as sodium, calcium, and chloride
• B) Weathering of solid rock can cause some of the minerals in it to change or dissolve our of a rock
• C) Most of the dissolved ions from rock travel via rivers to the ocean where marine organisms use the ions to make shells or other hard parts of their bodies
• D) If you find a rock called limestone, you have found a very rare rock because the geologic conditions to form limestone are very rare

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Definitions:

Tubules

Small tubes within structures of the body, such as the kidneys or plants, through which fluids or other substances move.

Renal Corpuscles

Specialized structures in the kidneys that play a critical role in filtering blood and forming urine.

Glomerular Filtration

The process by which the kidneys filter blood, removing excess fluids and waste products to form urine.

Tubular Secretion

The third process of urine formation in which substances move out of the blood in the peritubular capillaries into renal tubules.