Rocks and minerals are all around us. Earth’s crust and part of its mantle are made of rock. Rocks are made of minerals and have different properties. The properties of rocks include color‚ texture‚ luster‚ and hardness. We use rocks and minerals in many different ways. The steel in our buildings is made with iron‚ which is a mineral. The clay and glass used in our pottery and dishes are made of a mixture of rocks and minerals. We even need minerals to stay healthy‚ and we get them from a variety
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VITAMINS AND MINERALS Vitamins and minerals make people’s bodies work properly. Although you get vitamins and minerals from the foods you eat every day‚ some foods have more vitamins and minerals than others. Vitamins fall into two categories: fat soluble and water soluble. The fat-soluble vitamins — A‚ D‚ E‚ and K — dissolve in fat and can be stored in your body. The water-soluble vitamins — C and the B-complex vitamins (such as vitamins B6‚ B12‚ niacin‚ riboflavin‚ and folate) — need to dissolve
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Vitamins and Minerals What are vitamins? Vitamins are nutrients that everyone needs in small amounts for the body to work properly. Different vitamins have different functions. For example‚ some enzymes need particular vitamins to work. Your body can’t make most vitamins apart from vitamin D‚ so you have to get them from the food you eat. There are two types of vitamins: water-soluble vitamins - these cannot be stored in your body and need to be replaced regularly in your diet fat-soluble
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Vitamins and Minerals Vitamins and minerals are essential nutrients that every cell needs. Vitamins can function like hormones or as antioxidants. Minerals are essential to important bodily functions such as producing energy‚ growing‚ and healing. Minerals are required for fluid balance‚ development‚ nervous system maintenance .Minerals and vitamins‚ function as coenzymes and participate in enzymatic reactions in the body. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies can affect the brain many different ways
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In the following chart‚ record your observations of each test for the seven minerals. After you have completed all tests‚ name the minerals in Part 2 of this worksheet. An example of how to fill out the chart is illustrated follows. Recorded Observations for Minerals 1-7 Tests Example Mineral 1 Mineral 2 Mineral 3 Mineral 4 Mineral 5 Mineral 6 Mineral 7 Color White Gold Green White Pink White White Black Streak White Black White White White White White Brown Luster Shiny Shiny specs Shiny
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* Minerals are non-renewable resources because the amounts that exist are finite although most are very abundant. * Economically recoverable resources account for a tiny proportion of the total that exists. * The main limitations on mineral availability are the locations‚ chemical form and purity of the deposits‚ and the availability of technologies to exploit them. * Their exploitation is economically important but can cause environmental damage. Factors affecting the viability of
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1400ToulouseCedetFrance AssrRAcr Digital image-analysisis usedfor counting(modalanalysis)andmeasuringgrains(textureandfabric analysis). Traditionally‚ minerals are visually recognized and manually outlined prior to digitizing aud subsequentanalysis. This limitation can be overcomeby using multichannelmethodsoi classification‚in which the minerals in multichanneldigital i-agesareaccuratelyrecogpi;donthebasisoftheiruniquespectralorelementalsignaturese‚stablishedbyatrainingstage prioi to classificatioir
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Case 11: Southport Minerals‚ Inc. 1. What did Southport Minerals confront in 1964? Did the Firstburg investment opportunity fit well with Southport’s needs in 1970? Southport confronted a period of tightening supplies and rising sulfur prices which lead to a sharp increase in profitability for the company. Profit after tax had jumped from $12.8 million in 1963 to $15.3 million in 1964 increasing its EPS to 1.00 a share while still maintaining a dividend of .60 a share while actually lowering
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mining‚ dams and their effects on forests and tribal people b. Water Resources: Use and over-utilisation of surface and ground water‚ floods‚ drought‚ conflicts over water‚ dams – benefits and problems. c. Mineral Resources: Use and exploitation‚ environmental effects of extracting and using mineral resources‚ case studies. 16 20 20 22 22 23 26 30 32 d. Food Resources: World food problems‚ Changes in landuse by agriculture and grazing‚ Effects of modern agriculture‚ Fertilizer/ pesticide problems
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Heavy Metal Music Good morning to our lecturer and my fellow friends. Today‚ I’m going to inform you about my favourite music genre‚ the heavy metal or metal. I’ll talk about its origin‚ characteristics and its evolvement. I am pretty sure that all of you are not fans of heavy metal. Perhaps‚ some of you did not even heard of it. Heavy metal ‚ often referred to as metal ‚ is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s with roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock. Heavy
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