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What element is stored in the shells and skeletons of living organisms?
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Calcium are the main composite of shells and bones.
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Are shells living or nonliving?
The shells themselves are non-living.
What non-living things live in the open ocean?
glass is nonliving. The non-living factors that are part of the ocean ecosystem include water, the substrate (rock or sand), and the minerals and gases dissolved in the water.
Was sand a living thing?
Sand is usually made of small particles of rock which were never alive or part of a living thing, although it is also possible to make sand out of sea shells, which are part of a living thing although they are not actually alive. Shells are a secretion of living things. No, sand was and never will be a living thing in my opinion. Maybe in evolution it was, but science is or equals observation. Since it has not been observed, it is not science. That is why evolution is still a theory.
What non-living things are there in a tide pool?
Lots of non-living things can be in tide pools-----water, rocks, salt, dirt, sand, shells, dead plants or animals, lost teeth or other lost animal parts, and anything that humans/animals have thrown, dumped, or accidentally dropped into the ocean or general tidepool area can be found in the tidepools.
Can you give an example of a mutualism in the biome rivers and streams?
Several organisms in fresh water biomes thrive due to mutualism. One example of this is algae that forms on the shells of snails and turtles. The snails and turtles can use the algae as a camouflage and the algae has somewhere to live.
Which type of material does biogenous sediment form?
Two types of biogenous sediments are calcareous ooze and siliceous ooze.
What uses the carbon to build their skeletons and shells?
Life on Earth is carbon based, so all animals with skeletons and shells use carbon. A more 'common' element used in skeletons and shells is calcium.
What is limestone's past?
It was the skeletons/shells of living animals and plants.
Which sedementray rock is composed of fragment skeletons and shells of sea organisms compacted and cemented together?
limestone
Does limestone forms form skeletons and shells?
limestone forms from skeletons and shells
Do sea stars harden instantly out of water?
Not exactly dear. you see star fish were once living the organisms you pick up on the shore are not alive they are I guess what you can say are shells of there body's as in skeletons.
Which sedimentary rock is formed from the compaction and cementation of the skeletons and shells of sea organisms?
Coquina is a sedimentary rock fitting that description.
What is formed from coral shells and skeletons piled up on the ocean floor?
Yes, coral reefs are made of the limestone skeletons of deceased corals - the living corals are on the surface of the reef.
What are shells of marine organisms composed of?
The bulk of marine skeletal remains are composed of the mineral calcite. Some marine organisms also have shells of aragonite or silica.
Do lobster have shells?
No. They have exo-skeletons.
Do shells decompose?
Shells cannot 'decompose' in the biological sense of the word. Only living organisms that have died can be 'decomposed' by 'decomposers'. Shells are made by living organisms but they are themselves non-living objects. They will physically erode, crumble, and be reduced to fine particles, but will remain chemically the same as they started.
Is it true that the shells of turtles are attached to their skeletons?
Yes
