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Are Minerals inorganic substances that the body cannot produce on its own?
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How many substances does food provide that you cannot manufacture?
The body cannot manufacture the following substances that food provides - vitamins minerals proteins fat carbohydrate water
What makes a mineral inorganic?
minerals cannot form from materials that were once part of a living thing. for example a crystal that falls out of a tree or is made by a tree is not inorganic so it doesn't count as a mineral
What is a pearl's cleavage?
Cleavage is a plane of atomic weakness in an inorganic mineral. Since pearls are an organic gem, they cannot have cleavage. The fracture surface of a pearl can be described as conchoidal.
What is the name for a substance cannot be separated into simpler substances?
An element cannot be separated into simpler substances by chemical means.
What substances cannot be broken down into any other substances by physical or chemical means?
All substances can be broken into any other substances (or elements) by chemical or physical methods.
Are vitamins inorganic substances that the body cannot produce on its own?
As far as I'm aware the molecules of all vitamins contain carbon atoms, so they are all 'organic' in the chemical sense of the term.
How many substances does food provide that you cannot manufacture?
The body cannot manufacture the following substances that food provides - vitamins minerals proteins fat carbohydrate water
What makes a mineral inorganic?
minerals cannot form from materials that were once part of a living thing. for example a crystal that falls out of a tree or is made by a tree is not inorganic so it doesn't count as a mineral
Cyanide is a poison that prevents mitochondria from using oxygen as a result the mitochondria cannot produce what?
minerals
Are whales autotrophs?
An autotroph is an organism that can create nutritional substances from simple inorganic substances, like a plant that undergoes photosynthesis. As a whale cannot do this, no, they are not autotrophs, they are heterotrophs.
How do miners die?
Minerals do not nor cannot live nor die because they are inorganic materials, or materials that do not come from living organisms.
What is a pearl's cleavage?
Cleavage is a plane of atomic weakness in an inorganic mineral. Since pearls are an organic gem, they cannot have cleavage. The fracture surface of a pearl can be described as conchoidal.
What is the the difference between rocks and minerals?
Rocks are solid substainces that are made of 2 or more minerals and can have organic matter in them as well. On the other hand, minerals are naturally formed inorganic solids that have definite crystalline structures. Rocks and minerals are made through different processes.
How is life affected by the presence or absence of plants animals minerals and other resources?
animals need oxygen and plants produce oxygen. if there is no light for photosynthesis, then plants can not produce oxygen and animals cannot survive
Why asprine is cannot inorganic?
because it is carbon containing compound
Substances that cannot be broken down chemically into substances are?
Elements.
What is the name for a substance cannot be separated into simpler substances?
An element cannot be separated into simpler substances by chemical means.
