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The uses of rocks and minerals. What rocks and minerals are you using in class today?

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Read and think. One. Read and find three different ways we use minerals and three different ways we

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use rocks. Minerals are essential for life. All living things need minerals to grow. Minerals and

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rocks are also used to make many of the things that we use in our daily lives. Our daily lives

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referred to things that we use every day. Animals and plants need minerals to live. Plants absorb

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minerals from the soil through their roots. Animals and humans get minerals by eating plants or other

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animals. Farmers add minerals to the soil so that plants grow better. Yogurt is rich in calcium and

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avocados are rich in magnesium. These minerals are important for healthy bones. Broccoli contains

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potassium and chicken contains sodium. These minerals help maintain the right amount of water

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in our bodies. Many toothpaste contain fluoride. This mineral protects our teeth from bacteria

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and helps prevent tooth decay. Paint is made using talc. Jewelry is made of gold and silver.

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Pencils are made of graphite. Electric wires are made of copper. Batteries contain lithium.

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and cement is made of gypsum, all things that we can find on the Mohs hardness scale.

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We use different types of rock as building materials. Salamanca is called the golden city

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because it has many buildings made of sandstone which when light is reflected on it looks very

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gold. The Escorial monastery looks gray because it was built using granite. Slate is used to build

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roofs because it can easily be cut into thin flat pieces and it's waterproof waterproof means it

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won't get wet when it rains marble is used for floors because it's hard wearing attractive and

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cool and hot weather it's also a very expensive premium material and that's it thank you for

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