Metal sulphides occur mainly in rocks and metal halides in lakes and seas. Explain.

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Ans.: Metal halides being soluble in water, get dissolved in rain water and are carried to lakes and seas during weathering of rocks. On the otherhand, metal sulphides being insoluble are left behind in the rocks as residue.

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