Question

What is the process that causes harmful materials to seep into the ground and move through rock and soil and contaminating ground water?


a) rock is solid and nothing can pass through it


b) leaching


c) osmosis

Answer 1

what do u think so far?

Answer 2

uh, i think b?

Answer 3

um its possible it could be from an atomic bomb or whats in one

Answer 4

lets go throught it do u know what leaching is

Answer 5

oh mb im dumb

Answer 6

not really, does it have to do with contamination? ;-;

Answer 7

Leaching is the process of a solute becoming detached or extracted from its carrier substance by way of a solvent. Leaching is a naturally occurring process which scientists have adapted for a variety of applications with a variety of methods. Specific extraction methods depend on the soluble characteristics relative to the sorbent material such as concentration, distribution, nature, and size. Leaching can occur naturally seen from plant substances (inorganic and organic), solute leaching in soil, and in the decomposition of organic materials. Leaching can also be applied affectedly to enhance water quality and contaminant removal, as well as for disposal of hazardous waste products such as fly ash, or rare earth elements (REEs). Understanding leaching characteristics is important in preventing or encouraging the leaching process and preparing for it in the case where it is inevitable.

Answer 8

Ohh

Answer 9

does this change anything

Answer 10

ik

Answer 11

lol

Answer 12

so does this change ur answer or is it still b

Answer 13

I still think its b

Answer 14

ok what about osmosis

Answer 15

Osmosis (/ɒzˈmoʊ.sɪs/) is the spontaneous net movement of solvent molecules through a selectively permeable membrane into a region of higher solute concentration, in the direction that tends to equalize the solute concentrations on the two sides. It may also be used to describe a physical process in which any solvent moves across a selectively permeable membrane (permeable to the solvent, but not the solute) separating two solutions of different concentrations. Osmosis can be made to do work. Osmotic pressure is defined as the external pressure required to be applied so that there is no net movement of solvent across the membrane. Osmotic pressure is a colligative property, meaning that the osmotic pressure depends on the molar concentration of the solute but not on its identity.

Answer 16

that one would make sense, so it wouldn't be b?

Answer 17

i mean u have ur answer now so

Answer 18

Ohh okay ty

Answer 19

no problem