1. For which of the following activities might you want to hire a chemist?A. testing a sample of water from a well
2. Which of the following procedures involves a physical change in one of the substances?
D. grinding chalk into a fine powder
3. You have three molecules of glucose (3C6H12O6). How many oxygen atoms do you have?
C. 6
Answer: Minerals range in composition from pure elements and simple salts to very complex silicates with thousands of known forms. The study of minerals is called mineralogy. To be classified as a "true" mineral, a substance must be a solid and have a crystal structure.
Extinction DIF; Having no more existing or living members
