What is the difference between a mineral and an element?
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An element is a material consisting of only one type of atom. Although a few minerals are composed of single elements, the majority of minerals are composed of a combination of elements.
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What is the significance of this difference between India and Japan?
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Which is not a reason why a refined oil spill is more harmful?
a. The oil contains more energy potential due to additives during the refinement process. b. There are more biologically active components remaining in refined oil. c. The refining process removes heavier components. d. There are components that are added to oil which are deadly.
Animals that have a planktonic lifestyle for only part of their lives are called ________
a. holoplankton b. meroplankton c. zooplankton d. macroplankton
Linnaeus was best known for his greatest contribution of ____
A) ?theory of evolution and natural selection B) ?classification system based on hierarchy, a grouping of objects by degrees of complexity, grade, or class C) ?a complex food web consisting of producers, consumers, and decomposers D) ?a simplified trophic pyramid of phytoplankton, zooplankton, and nektons