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Mining For Minerals Activity
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Mining For Minerals Activity
Part 1: Use the mineral location sheet to fill in the data table below.
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Country/Geographical Area
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Minerals Found
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Australia
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Belgium
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Brazil
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Canada
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Chile
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China
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France
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Germany
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Great Britain
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Greece
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Guinea
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India
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Italy
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Japan
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Kenya
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Korea
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Mexico
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Mongolia
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Netherlands
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Romania
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Russia
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South Africa
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Spain
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Tanzania
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Turkey
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United States
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Zaire
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Part 2: Use the graph paper provided on the back of this sheet to create a bar graph of the number of minerals present in each country/geographical area.
Product
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Minerals Used to Make It
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Batteries
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Antimony, Cadmium, Lead, Zinc
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Bicycle
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Aluminum, Clay, Diatomite, Mica, Sulfur, Selenium, Wollastonite, Zinc
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Books
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Clay, Limestone, Sodium Sulfate, Feldspar
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Bricks
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Bauxite, Chromite, Zircon, Silica, Graphite, Kyanite, Andalusite, Sillimanite, Clays
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Car
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Platinum, Iron, Aluminum, Lead, Coal, Barite, Boron, Calcium Carbonate, Bentonite, Silica, Chromium, Perlite, Wollastonite, Mica, Industrial Diamonds, Zeolite, Clays
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Carpet
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Limestone, Selenium, Lime, Soda Ash, Zeolite, Bentonite, Titanium, Sulfur, Diatomite, Petroleum Products
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Cement
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Limestone, Gypsum, Iron, Clays, Diatomite, Feldspar
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Chalk
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Limestone
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Clothing
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Boron, Halite, Molybdenum, Sulfur
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Computer
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Aluminum, Antimony, Barite, Beryllium, Cobalt, Cloumbium, Copper, Gallium, Germanium, Gold, Indium, Iron, Lanthanides, Lithium, Manganese, Mercury, Mica, Molybdenum, Nickel, Platinum, Quartz, Rhenium, Selenium, Silver, Strontium, Tantalum, Tellurium, Tin, Tungsten, Vanadium, Yttrium, Zinc, Zirconium
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Cosmetics
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Iron, Silica, Limestone, Talc
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Desk
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Copper, Iron, Zinc, Nickel
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Digital Alarm Clock
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Boron, Copper, Gold, Quartz
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Doorknob
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Iron
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Drinking Glass
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Boron, Silica
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Electrical Cords, Outlet (electricity)
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Coal, Copper
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Glass
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Silica Sand, Feldspar, Trona
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Lights
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Aluminum, Copper, Beryllium (florescent), Tungsten (incandescent), Tin, Nickel
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Linoleum
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Limestone, Clay, Wollastonite, Petroleum Products
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Magazine
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Clay, Kaolin, Sodium Sulfate, Titanium
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Paint
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Titanium Oxide, Clays, Limestone, Mica, Talc, Silica, Copper, Fluorspar, Iron, Tungsten, Zinc, Cadmium
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Paper
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Boron, Clay, Kaolin, Sulfur, Talc, Titanium, Trona
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Pencils
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Graphite, Clays
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Pens
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Limestone, Wollastonite, Mica, Talc, Clay, Silica, Petroleum Products
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Photograph
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Chronium, Silver, Sulfur
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Plaster Wall
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Gypsum, Perlite
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Plastic
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Limestone, Wollastonite, Coal, Talc, Silica, Petroleum Products
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Rubber
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Sulfur
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Sidewalk
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Sand, Gravel, Gypsum, Iron, Dolomite, Diatomite, Limestone
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Skateboard
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Aluminum, Calcium Carbonate, Clay, Coal, Iron, Sulfur, Silica, Talc, Wollastonite
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Soda Can
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Aluminum
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Telephone
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Aluminum, Beryllium, Coal, Copper, Gold, Iron, Limestone, Silica, Silver, Talc, Wollastonite
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Television Set
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Aluminum, Antimony, Barite, Beryllium, Cobalt, Columbium, Copper, Europium, Gallium, Germanium, Gold, Indium, Iron, Kaolin, Lanthanides, Limestone, Lithium, Manganese, Mercury, Mica, Molybdenum, Platinum, Rhenium, Selenium, Silica, Strontium, Tantalum, Tellurium, Terbium, Tin, Titanium, Vanadium, Yttrium, Zinc, Zirconium
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Tennis Racket
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Graphite
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Wallpaper
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Mica, Trona
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Window
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Feldspar, Irona, Silica, Trona
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Mineral
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Countries Where Found
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Aluminum (Bauxite)
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Australia, Guinea
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Andalusite
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South Africa, India
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Barite
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China, India
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Beryllium
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U.S., Russia
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Borates
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Turkey, U.S.
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Cadmium
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Japan, Belgium
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Chromite
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South Africa, Russia
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Clays
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U.S.
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Copper
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Chile, U.S.
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Diatomite
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U.S., France, Romania
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Feldspar
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Italy, U.S.
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Flurospar
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China, Mongolia
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Graphite
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Korea, India
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Gravel
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U.S.
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Gypsum
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U.S., Canada
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Mineral
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Countries Where Found
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Industrial Diamonds
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Australia, Zaire
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Iron
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Russia, China
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Kyanite
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South Africa, India, France
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Lead
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Australia, U.S.
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Lime
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Russia, China
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Limestone
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U.S.
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Micas
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U.S., Russia
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Nickel
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Russia, Canada
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Perlite
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U.S., Greece
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Platinum
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South Africa, Russia
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Potash
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Russia, Canada
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Pumice
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Italy, Greece
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Selenium
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Japan, Canada
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Silica Sand
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U.S., Netherlands
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Sillimanite
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South Africa
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Mineral
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Countries Where Found
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Sodium Sulfate
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Mexico, Spain
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Sulfur
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U.S., Russia
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Talc
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Japan, U.S.
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Tin
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China, Brazil
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Titanium
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Russia, Japan
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Trona (Soda Ash)
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U.S., Kenya
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Tungsten
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China, Russia
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Vermiculite
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South Africa, U.S.
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Tungsten
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China, Russia
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Vermiculite
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South Africa, U.S.
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Wollastonite
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Germany, Great Britain
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Zeolites
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U.S., Tanzania
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Zinc
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Canada, Australia
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Zircon
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Australia, South Africa
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Part 3: Analysis Questions
1. If you needed school supplies (books, pencil sharpener, and chalk), which countries are you relying on to produce these items?
2. If you like skateboarding, riding bicycles, and playing on computers, which countries/geographical regions are you depending on?
3. If you were in the construction business, identify 3 (or more) minerals you would require to build structures and where they would come from.
4. Name 10 minerals that would be found in Harwood Union High School and estimate which 3 are the most common.
5. Examine your graph and identify the country/geographical region we are most dependent on for the mineral resources we use.
6. What might happen to our society if that region/country suffered an environmental disaster (like Hurricane Katrina)?
7. How do you think politics affect our need/dependence on other countries regarding imported/exported goods?
8. Identify which country you would suggest the U.S. work toward improved relations and explain why you feel that way.
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