Processing Minerals and Metals 10.
Organize Information Fill in the flowchart with the main steps involved in
processing minerals,
Minerals are
removed from
the ground
11. Why are minerals processed?
12. What are tailings, and why are they so controversial?

The kind of fertilization found in the majority of aquatic animals is (internal or external) fertilization.

What advantage does a crop that undergoes vegetative reproduction have over plants that start from the seed? 1points a they store nutrients. b they can travel farther. c they experience more genetic variation. d they only occur in high-resource environments.

What is the significance of the protein-lined pits? a. protein attracts other proteins needed for atp synthesis within the cell. b. protein-lined pits are able to transport one molecule at a time down the concentration gradient within the cell. c. the polarity of proteins allows other polar molecules to attach and be transported in the cell by transport channels. d. receptors within the pits allow ligands to fuse and be transported into the cell by endocytosis.