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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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‚ Water logging and salinity e. Energy
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MINERAL RESOURCES DONE BY: 1. N.ARUN KUMAR. 2.N.GAUTAM REDDY. 3.B.HARSHAVARDHAN. 4.K.VENKATESH. 5.P.TARUN. WHAT IS A MINERAL? A mineral is a naturally occurring substance that is solid and stable at room temperature‚ representable by a chemical formula‚ usually abiogenic‚ and has an ordered atomic structure. It is different from a rock‚ which can be an aggregate of minerals or non-minerals
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Minerals and Rocks Minerals Minerals: Minerals are elements or compounds found in the earth. The elements or compounds are called minerals if they have five features. They are solids. They are formed naturally in the earth. They have the same chemical makeup throughout They are not alive or made of living things. They have definite arrangement of atoms. 3‚000 different minerals are found in the earth. Some are common but most are rare. Aluminum‚ quartz‚ feldspar
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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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Bare Minerals versus Pur Minerals Kristina McClary English 112 March 4‚ 2010 In the last ten years the cosmetics has transcends from chemical base to natural from foundations and blushes to lip color and eye makeup. Women have many choices in cosmetics brands‚ such as department specialty discount stores brands. Due to the growing popularity of natural cosmetics in demand specialty cosmetic companies like Bare Minerals and Pur minerals were introduce to answer. Bare Minerals the first to
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MATALLIC MENIRALS ROLL NO: 07 Metallic Minerals On an auspicious day‚ sometime around a million years ago‚ a member of the Homo habilis species stood erect and walked steadily on his two feet and his two hands became totally free. A new species – Homo erectus—began its journey on a new evolutionary track. This great change took around four million years after his ancestors – the hominids — broke free from the lineage of apes and chimpanzees. But ‚ perhaps for the next seven to eight hundred
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Mineral oil is most commonly put to use in our daily lives as baby oil‚ which has a fragrance added to it. It is clear‚ odorless and colorless. It is formed as a by-product during the distillation of petroleum from crude oil‚ to produce gasoline and other petroleum-based products. It is produced in very large quantities and is inexpensively available in drug stores. Due to its easy availability and low value‚ it is put into use in a wide range of avenues. As a Laxative Doctors often recommend
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different types of rock. Igneous rock makes up the foundation on which the Earth’s continents sit. This type of rock is made as magma cools over time‚ crystalline structures begin to form. Volcanic eruptions send magma across the Earth’s surface as well as into underground layers. The magma that settles underground cools slower than what makes its way to the Earth’s surface. In effect‚ igneous rock can form on the surface or within the underground layers. Volcanic Rocks (also called extrusive igneous
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