You and your classmate were curious about the formation of soil and how it relates to the formation of other resources. You found the following short article on a website.
Geological Processes Impact Resource Formation
Geological processes, such as the moving of tectonic plates and the eruption of volcanoes, can impact where resources such as minerals and fossil fuels are formed. Some resources, such as fossil fuels and mineral ore deposits, are formed along plate boundaries but later are moved to new locations as the plates continue to move. Likewise, different types of soil are formed by the geological processes of weathering, erosion, and deposition. Weathering of different types of rocks occurs when those rocks are broken into smaller pieces, and then the erosion and deposition of the small pieces of weathered rock result in their placement in new areas. The different types of weathered rock mix with different types of organic matter to form soils with different compositions.
8. After reading the short article (above), complete this analysis comparing and contrasting the formation of minerals and fossil fuels with the formation of soil.
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The formation of minerals, the formation of fossil fuels, and the formation of soil have an important weathering, erosion, and deposition; all are distributed by geological processes. However, different processes result in uneven distribution of the resources. Plate tectonics can move fossil fuel deposits and mineral ore deposits far from previous plate boundaries, while Response area result in the formation of different soil types in different locations..