Use the rock cycle to explain the statement "One rock is the raw material for another."

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Any rock can become any other rock under the right conditions. A sedimentary rock, if weathered, becomes sediment and then, if lithified through compaction and cementation, becomes a sedimentary rock again.

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For the following acid-base reaction, identify what compound is formed in the space marked. HNO3 + KOH ? ???? + H2O

A.

KNO3

B.
KOH2NO3

C.
H3ONO3

D. KOH2
E. none of the above

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Describe the various factors used by Koeppen to develop his climate classification system, and then list the main climate groups he identified plus the one the text authors have added

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Explain, in general terms, how the moment magnitude earthquake scale works. For example, is a magnitude 2.0 earthquake slightly smaller than a magnitude 3.0, and half as energetic as a magnitude 4.0?

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Soil peds give the soil a particular structure and are aggregates of individual mineral particles

True False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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