Carbon Is Incorporated into the Skeletons of Corals and Other

question 85

Multiple Choice

Carbon is incorporated into the skeletons of corals and other marine organisms through the process of _____. The CaCO₃ making up these skeletons, in turn, becomes a major component of sedimentary rocks after these organisms die.

• A)chemical weathering
• B)subduction
• C)biomineralization
• D)inorganic mineralization
• E)bacterial oxidation