List five characteristics of a mineral

What will be an ideal response?


a. naturally occurring
b. inorganic
c. solid substance
d. ordered crystalline structure
e. definite chemical composition

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Why does Urry mean by 'global fluids'?

a) He is disturbed by oceanic waste. b) He suggests that we understand the globalization of capitalism as an unstoppable, liquid flow of money across borders. c) He is concerned by the ever-increasing flow of polluting gases across the global atmosphere. d) He suggests that we think of people, ideas and materials as streaming across the planet and connecting localities and bodies across the globe.

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Among the five countries/regions below, which has relatively inexpensive goods and services, particularly housing? (In other words, which of the wealthy countries below has the highest per capital purchasing power?)

A) Germany B) Japan C) Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark) D) Switzerland E) United States

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Plastic wrap is made of nonpolar molecules and is able to stick well to polar surfaces, such as glass, by way of dipole-induced dipole molecular attractions. How is it that plastic wrap also sticks to itself so well?

A. Ions are formed as the plastic rubs against itself. B. by way of dipole-induced dipole molecular attractions C. by way of dipole-dipole molecular attractions D. by way of induced dipole-induced dipole molecular attractions

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Where are the more complex atmospheric cells located?

A) The equator B) The northern pole C) The mid-latitudes D) The southern pole

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