"today you will use this chart to you identify some common minerals," instructed mr. grant, jimmy's teacher. each group of students was given three mineral samples to identify. jimmy and his partners were puzzled by one sample. it scratched glass, so it was pretty hard. one student thought it was feldspar; another thought it was quartz. what other properties could the group use to identify the mineral?

The properties of minerals that might help Jimmy and his partners to identify the sample other than Hardness (scratch test) are:

1. Color

2. Crystalline Structure

3. Cleavage or Fracture

4. Transparency

5. Tenacity

d₁ = displacement of tern from arctic to antarctic = 11000 miles

d₂ = displacement of tern from antarctic to arctic =   - 11000 miles

d = total displacement for the journey

total displacement for the journey is given as

d = d₁ + d₂

d = 11000 + (-11000)

d = 0 miles

t₁ = time of travel from arctic to antarctic = 3 months = 3 x 30 days = 90 days

t₂ = time of travel from antarctic to arctic = 3 months = 3 x 30 days = 90 days

t = total time of travel

total time of travel is given as

t = t₁ + t₂

t = 90 + 90

t = 180 days

average velocity is given as

average velocity = total displacement/ total time

v = d/t

v = 0/180

v = 0 miles/day