Calcium carbonates are incorporated into the shells of microscopic marine plants and animals and then participate into the ocean sediments this process is of which of the following

a. sediment deposition
b. evaporate deposition
c. chemical precipitation
d. biological precipitation

The characteristics of two different types of reactions are shown below: reaction a: electrons are gained by the atoms of an element. reaction b: protons are lost by the atom of an element. which statement is true about the atoms of the elements that participate in the two reactions? their identity changes in both reaction a and reaction b. their identity changes in reaction a but not in reaction b. their identity changes in reaction b but not in reaction a. their identity remains the same in both reaction a and reaction b.