Most minerals areat room temperature

liquid

gas

solid

 Can minerals be solids liquids or gases? Minerals are naturally occurring substances and can be found in rocks. Minerals do not have a specific chemical make-up because they are a combination of different solid elements and are not a pure element themselves. Minerals are a mixture of solid elements not liquid or gas.

Explanation:

the diploid number of chromosomes is sometimes represented by the symbol 2n. for the fruit fly, the diploid number is 8, which can be written as 2n = 8, where n represents twice the number of chromosomes in a sperm or egg cell.