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Why are coal and limestone sometimes referred to as biological rocks?
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∙ 11y ago
Because they are primarily formed of organic materials.
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∙ 14y agoBecause they are primarily formed of organic materials.
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What is the difference betwween a biological wax and a mineral wax?
Biological waxes are typically esters of fatty acids and long chain alcohols. Mineral waxes are typically long-chain hydrocarbons lacking functional groups. Biological waxes are produced from plant material or derived from animal products - mostly bees and wool (lanolin). Mineral wax is from minerals or rocks and typically from petroleum (paraffin) or coal or polyethylene.
What are some non-living things in the rainforest?
non living things know for abiotic is fungi,rocks,air, sunlight, rain,soil etc
What kind of setting would you find the walking Fern?
These ferns prefer moist, shady areas around limestone rocks.
Does a rock have cells?
No, rocks are not life. Cells are the basic unit of all life, composed of many many molecules. Matter that isn't alive, or wasn't once alive, is not made of cells. Rocks are composed of many molecules, so they could be referred to as multi-molecular, and often more than one element, but they are not composed of cells.
What are the 4 processes that drive the carbon through its cycle?
The carbon cycle is a biogeochemical cycle.That suggests three major types of processes: biological, geological, and chemical.But it's probably more accurate and simpler to think of two major processes: biochemical and geochemical which can be shortened into just "BIOLOGICAL" and "GEOLOGICAL"Biological means "involving life". It comes first in the term "biogeochemical", but the carbon cycle preceded the evolution of the earliest forms of life on our planet.Important biological processes include photosynthesis, respiration, and decay. Photosynthesis is the way that living things absorb CO2. Respiration and decay are some of the ways that living things can release carbon back into their surrounding environments.Geological (involving rocks) processes came first. Many forms of rock will react with carbon dioxide when exposed to air and water. This is often referred to as a form of "weathering" of rock surfaces, but it is just as easily imagined as rock being dissolved by a mild (carbonic) acid. It is also part of a more general geological process called erosion which eventually washes the rock as sediment into the seas where it can be compacted and cemented into sedimentary rock. Tectonic forces can push this rock under continental plates where it can be metamorphosed and or melted. Eventually this rock (and its carbon) can be expelled back into the atmosphere via a volcanic eruption.There are some other biochemical and geochemicalprocesses involved in the carbon cycle. Combustion (burning) of organic material releases carbon into the surrounding air and soil. Marine animals also use carbon to help form their shells. These shells can later join the carbon/rock cycle as limestone or marble (after more geochemical changes involved in metamorphosis).
What is the difference between classic rocks and limestone?
classic rocks are not minerals. limestone is
What rocks is limestone?
Limestone does not have a parent rock.
What rocks are found in Belize?
Limestone, limestone everywhere.
Did shale come from limestone?
No. Limestone and shale are sedimentary rocks the form by different processes. Limestone is a biological sedimentary rock that forms from the carbonate shells of organisms. Shale is a clastic sedimentary rock the forms from the settling of fine-grained particles of mostly silicate minerals.
What can rain water do to rocks like limestone?
Rain water can dissolve rocks like limestone.
Is limestone a soluble or igneous rock?
limestone rocks are igneous.
What type rocks are found in Belize?
Limestone, limestone everywhere.
What type of sedimentary rocks forms when crystals grow out of solution?
Chemical
What rocks are in limestone?
shells
What 3 rocks are sedimentary rocks?
limestone, sandstone, and shale
What kind of rocks are in most Caves?
The majority of aves are made up of limestone Stalagmite rocks
What rocks reacts with an acid?
Limestone
