Essays Tagged: "minerals"
ASIA CULTURE PROJECT: AESTHETICS
s one of the hardest gems ever. Jade cannot be cut by steel, it can only be worn down by other gems minerals, such as diamond, quartz sand, and crushed garnets. Jade was not local either; it was carri ...
Subjects: Art Essays
Management of the BLM's Public Land System
of resources, from timber, and grazing lands found on the surface to a massof oil, natural gas, and minerals laying below the earth. The history of these lands ishardly a dull story, because it is the ... erations for renewable andnonrenewable resources. These resources include recreation, land, timber, minerals,watershed, fish and wildlife, wilderness, and natural, scenic, scientific and cultural valu ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Development Studies
Minerals
MINERALSMinerals are required to build soft and hard body tissue.Without then we wouldn't exist. The ... hey also help out with thenervous system the contraction of mussels and help the bloodflow properly.Minerals are classified into 2 major groups. The majorelements such as calcium, magnesium, iron, iod ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Vitamins
ins demonstrated that foods contain accessory factors in addition to proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and water. Then, in 1912, thee chemist Casimir Funk identified that the(3)antiberiberi subs ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness
Water Transitions
nd only one fiftieth of one percent is readily available.Freshwater is not pure in that it contains minerals and other particles. There arenumerous plants and animals that depend on freshwater for the ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
South Africa's Energy Outlook
y ProfileSouth Africa is a nation with many reasources. It has many mines, that mine many different minerals, including coal, uranium, and diamonds. South Africa only has six-percent of the total popu ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
Copper and Molybdenum Deposits in the United States
gnized as valuable commodities until economic needs demanded the collection and processing of these minerals in large amounts. The most expansive deposits of copper and molybdenum occur in massive low ... a volcanic intrusive center with the highest ore grades located in the upward branching stock. Ore minerals include a network of veinlets, scattered grains of bornite, chalcopyrite, and traces of nat ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
The Classification and Formation of Crystals
nd characteristic form.Thirty-two classes of crystals are theoretically possible, almost all common minerals fall into one of about twelve classes, and some classes have never been seen. The thirty-tw ... n of the crystal axes. Crystal axes are imaginary lines passing through the center of the crystals. Minerals in each system share certain proportions and crystal form and many important optical proper ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
Management of the Bureao of Land Management's (BLM) Public Land System
of resources, from timber, and grazing lands found on the surface to a massof oil, natural gas, and minerals laying below the earth. The history of these lands ishardly a dull story, because it is the ... erations for renewable andnonrenewable resources. These resources include recreation, land, timber, minerals,watershed, fish and wildlife, wilderness, and natural, scenic, scientific and cultural valu ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
Volcanoes and People: There is another submitted essay that was posted by me that had not been correctly pasted. Here is the full essay. It discusses Volcanoes, the effect on people and vica verca.
ve near volcanoes because of the benefits that they offer, including rich soils for farming, useful minerals, and hot springs.In this project we will explore how volcanoes affect the people who live n ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
Question: What are the 3 main kinds of rocks?
times have holes in them from escaping gases (called vesicles). Sometimes the holes are filled with minerals, and then the rock is amygdaloidal. Rocks that have vesicles are usually fine grained like ... of the earth. Granite and gabbro are examples of this kind of rock. In the case of the granite the minerals quartz and orthoclase feldspar are easy to see. The quartz is gray and lumpy and the orthoc ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geology & Geosciences
Nutritive Value of Vegetables and Fruit
bage, Tomatoes and potatoes are a good source of vitamin B. Iron and Calcium are the most important minerals. Leafy green vegetables are a good mineral source. Some vegetables contain carbohydrates- s ... h source of vitamin A.Iron is the most important mineral available from fruit. Some of the greatest minerals in fruits are right under the skin so the skin should be eaten if possible.Storing Fresh Ve ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness
About the components, history, etc. of titanium
What is Titanium?The Reverend William Gregor in 1791, who was interested in minerals, discovered titanium. He recognized the presence of a new element, now known as titanium. H ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
Space Exploration. Is space exploration worth it? How Mars can help people if it was terraformed.
oration and colonization can be quite effective and helpful. If we continue to use fossil fuels and minerals at the rate we're going we won't have much left for the future. Also, the population of the ... terraform Mars or the moon. This would allow us to form another civilization that possibly has more minerals to serve the people living on it and on Earth. It would also decrease the population of Ear ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Space
Aluminium.
y the natural weathering of sedimentary rocks which contain a high proportion of Aluminium- bearing minerals.Aluminium is the most abundant material in the Earth's crust and the third most Abundant in ... lerite and granite parent rock which has broken down to form a high proportion of aluminium-bearing minerals.How Aluminium is MadeThe third and final step in the production of aluminium is the smeltin ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
Soap and detergent.
s are very toxic to fish and wildlife. Nonetheless, a big drawback of washing with soap is that the minerals in water react with those in soap, leaving an insoluble film. This can turn clothes grayish ... ve over soaps is that their cleaning power is not affected by hard water, or water which is high in minerals. The first synthetic detergents were not biodegradable; this caused rivers and water-treatm ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
The Medical Similarities Between Dogs and People.
ir mother's first milk, called colostrum (thin yellowish fluid filled with protein, anti-bodies and minerals), gives them protection from disease germs. The antibodies in the mother's milk protect the ...
Subjects: Science Essays
The Environmental, Social and Ethical Consequences of mining,processing and using Uranium
ally in a free state, although through processes of extraction it can be obtained from rare complex minerals such as pitchblende, carnotite, and uranite. Unfortunately, mining and using Uranium has be ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
Bureau of Land Management
of resources, from timber, grazing lands found on the surface to a mass of oil, natural gases, and minerals lying below the earth's surface. The history of these lands is rich is stories of the tamin ... ons for the renewable and nonrenewable resources. These resources include recreation, land, timber, minerals, watershed, fish andwild life. Also included are the wilderness, and natural, scenic, scien ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Business Economics: A basic understanding of the Four Factors of Production (Essential for those just starting to learn Business Economics and understanding the production process)
ncludes farms and plantations, as well as land where roads and buildings are constructed. Supply of minerals is limited which can be exhausted. Land, fisheries, forestry, and agriculture cannot be exh ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers