In My House

Instructions
1. Select 10 objects that you commonly use in your house.
2. Identify the minerals or metals used in these objects.
3. Identify properties of each metal which make them
suitable for use in this object.
Object Metals Useful Properties
Mirror Silver White, Lustrous metal
Door knob Zinc and copper
Soft and smooth, yet tough and
durable
Window glass Silica sand Hardness and electric insulator
ricks !lay Hardened when dry or fired
"lumbing pipes !opper
!onductor of heat and
electricity# soft but tough
$lectricity !oal
%uel source in generation for
electricity
Synthetic carpet "etroleum
Makes oils, chemicals and
plastics
Laptop and mobile phone &ickel and cobalt Hard and ductile# easy to clean
Stove fuel &atural gas
urnt to produce heat# chemical
energy
"laster walls 'ypsum
(sed in foot creams, shampoos
and other hair products, concrete,
blackboard chalk and fertili)er
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