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Which option describes how the geosphere and atmosphere exchange oxygen?
An animal breathes oxygen and exhales carbon dioxide.
A weathered rock releases oxygen into the air.
A plant performs photosynthesis.
A fish uses its gills to breathe underwater.
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A weathered rock releases oxygen into the air.
Reason: weathering is a geosphere process that exchanges materials (including oxygen-bearing compounds) with the atmosphere; the other choices describe exchanges between living organisms and the air or water (biosphere/hydrosphere), not the geosphere.
Reason: weathering is a geosphere process that exchanges materials (including oxygen-bearing compounds) with the atmosphere; the other choices describe exchanges between living organisms and the air or water (biosphere/hydrosphere), not the geosphere.
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