Week 8 DQ 1 AND DQ 2

Discussion Question 1

Although there is not much of Gold in North America , I think it is one of the most valuable resources there is in the North . Being one of the most in demand mineral all over the word , the United States of America does not need to depend on other countries and continents in producing gold . Even if these mineral is limited and not all part of the region possess this , the fact that it is visible and the region can produce it is already a big thing

When it

comes to the economy of the United States of America , there is a big assurance that they don 't depend on gold alone but gold being a very important mineral helps the economy to be stronger . The question on how this one is being formed depends on the process it undergoes

All ores undergo a process thus gold might undergo a placer process wherein a layer of conglomerate which lies in a hammer head was before a layer of loose pebbles from the bottom of a shallow sea together with the gold ore . This ore took 2 .7 billion years before it was formed thus gold is a very important mineral . It takes too much time to form making it very valuable but not rare (National Geographic , 475

Discussion Question 2

Non-renewable resource is one among the two kinds of Natural Resources here on Earth . These non-renewable resources usually come from either soil or ground-water . The most commonly known non-renewable resources are minerals and fossil fuel . Among these two , it is hard to choose which one is the most significant when it comes to the impact in our lives but this time , there is a need to choose only one and later defend it

Although fossil fuel is in demand for the world 's energy needs and takes too many years to form , this is not the most significant non-renewable resource that we will defend on this . On the other hand , mineral deposits which are commonly characterized by ores and being harvested by the people or the miners are commonly the most important thing there is at present for the people all over the world . From the six processes that the mineral deposits undergo , each one of these forms copper , zinc chromium , gold , gypsum and aluminum (National Geographic , 482

Now , choosing which one is more important than the other , we have to consider several factors such as its importance and usefulness to the whole humanity but both the fossil fuel and the mineral deposits give a very important role to the people all over the world and so we go into another way of analyzing their importance

When we decide to look out of the box and look at the most significant picture and the most appealing one which can relate to the , we will fall on the 452nd page of the book which opens the 15th chapter . In this page , we will see a huge...