Question

05) Identify the statement that is true about atoms as they pass through the rock cycle. a. Those that were adjacent to each other remain near each other. b. They do not move through the rock cycle at the same rate. c. They move through the rock cycle in the same manner. d. They stay within the same mineral.

Answer 1

b. They do not move through the rock cycle at the same rate

Step-by-step explanation:

The rock cycle is the phenomenon used to describe the interrelation of the three forms in which rocks exists, and a rock is changed between forms due to the Earth's geologic process, such as erosion, weathering and plate tectonics

The rock cycle involves both chemical and physical transformation of rocks and therefore, the atoms and compounds make and cut connections, such that the rate at which each atom move through the rock cycle at different rate