Multiple-Choice Questions 1) What element makes protein different from carbohydrate and fat? A) carbon B) hydrogen C) oxygen D) nitrogen Answer: D Page Ref: 186 Skill: Factual 2) What dictates the structure of a protein molecule synthesized by the body?
A pile of minerals. This image shows some of the most common minerals you'll find in rocks. This pile contains plagioclase feldspar, potassium feldspar, quartz, muscovite mica, biotite mica, amphibole, olivine, and calcite.otassium feldspar is another member of the feldspar mineral family. Like plagioclase feldspar, potassium feldspars are silicate minerals that contain a considerable amount of-you guessed it-potassium.
Feldspar is the name of a group of rock-forming tectosilicate minerals that make up as much as 60% of the Earth's crust. Feldspar forms crystals from magma in both intrusive and extrusive rocks, and they can also happen as compact minerals, as veins, and are also present in many types of metamorphic rock. Rock formed entirely of plagioclase feldspar is known as anorthosite. Feldspar is also found in many types of sedimentary rock. Feldspar is typically reddish or pale pink in color, and has a hardness of 6 on the Mohs scale, making it roughly as hard to scratch as glass. There are two groups of feldspar, both made out of silica and aluminum: Orthoclase or alkali feldspars: a group of minerals that all have the same formula (K Al Si 3 O 8 with sodium sometimes replacing the potassium in some pieces), but are formed in different ways because of how different the times and places where they formed were.