A1.0-ml volume of seawater contains about 4.0 3 10212 g of gold. the total volume of ocean water is 1.5 3 1021 l. calculate the total amount of gold (in grams) that is present in seawater, and the worth of the gold in dollars (see problem 1.82). with so much gold out there, why hasn't someone become rich by mining gold from the ocean?

Mike and mitchell decide to have a foot race. they mark off a stretch of 100 yards, and recruit cindy to work the stopwatch. after running the race and looking at the results, cindy declared that mitchell was the fastest. so how did the boys times compare?

3.09 lab: reaction of metals 1 which combinations of substances resulted in a chemical change? for each metal that participated in a chemical change, write the type of metal it is, based on your examination of the periodic table. were there any metallic compounds that did not react with either the acid or the base? write the type of metal, based on your examination of the periodic table. make a general statement about the reactivity of the metals in this experiment.

Why must humans find substitutes for many minerals found on earth? (a) form at an extremely slow rate (b) controlled by other countries (c) too deep in the earth to collect