Q: Fact 1: Flowing water can slowly dissolve carbon in sedimentary rock. Fact 2: Limestone is an organic, sedimentary rock. Given the two facts above, flowing water can slowly _ carbon in limestone.?

Choose your answer from:
[I] alter.
[II] destroy.
[III] erode.
[IV] allow growth.
[V] dissolve.
[VI] heat.
[VII] a solute.
[VIII] rain.
The answer is:
[V]