What do most mineral on Earth's surface contain?

Explanation:

shallow sea  

A shallow sea is best choice, although both are evaporites and would most likely be formed as either the sea evaporated, or in a playa setting (dry lake bed in a desert)

oxygen and silicon

Explanation:

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/earthscience/chapter/minerals-and-mineral-groups/

"Nearly all (98.5%) of Earth’s crust is made up of only eight elements – oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium, and magnesium – and these are the elements that make up most minerals."

Of available answers:

a) nitrogen and oxygen

b) sulfur and hydrogen

c) silicon and nitrogen

d) oxygen and silicon

Only oxygen and silicon are both included on the list

i believe it is a.) released into

explanation:

acid rain does not usually kill trees directly. instead, it is more likely to weaken the trees by damaging their leaves, limiting the nutrients available to them, or poisoning them with toxic substances slowly released from the soil. the main atmospheric pollutants that affect trees are nitrates and sulphates.