white phosphorus is used in flares and explosives, so may be important in warfare, etc. Red phosphorus is used in matches (side of matches) and in fertilizers which are essential to growing plants. I don't know if that is economically important, but there are many ways that phosphorus benifit the economy. One downside on the economy is that phosphorus is one of the main ingredients in meth, which of course causes trouble for the economy ( law enforcement, medical, etc. )
Because the size of atoms increase as you move down the periodic table.
Cross breeding plants to make better apples
42nd parallel north is approx. the latitude that NY and Massachusetts and Connecticut meet
1-boyle's law (pressure and volume)
2- Charles' law (volume and temperature)
3- Avogadro's law ( number of mole and volume)
4- Gay-Lussac's law ( pressure and temperature)