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OREThe grade or concentration of an ore mineral, or metal, as well as its form of occurrence, will directly affect the costs associated with mining the ore. The cost of extraction must thus be weighed against the metal value contained in the rock to determine what ore can be processed and what ore is of too low a grade to be worth mining. Metal ores are generally oxides, sulfides,silicates, or "native" metals (such as native copper) that are not commonly concentrated in the Earth's crust or "noble" metals (not usually forming compounds) such as gold. The ores must be processed to extract the metals of interest from the waste rock and from the ore minerals. Ore bodies are formed by a variety of geological processes. The process of ore formation is called ore genesis. 2. NATURAL GASNatural gas is an energy source often used for heating, cooking, and electricity generation. It is also used as fuel for vehicles and as a chemical feedstock in the manufacture of plastics and other commercially important organic chemicals. It is obtained from carbon dioxide,nitrogen,hydrogen. 3. PLANTSThe timbers in the house from trees, news papers, furniture, clothing, flowers and decorations, napkins and toilet paper, card boar containers, fire wood, I could go on and on and add hundreds of items that are either made of plants and wood products. Some medicines, alcohol and cleaning products. Fuel oil and gas are by products of plants. Any thing made of rubber. Mattresses and blankets along with sheets. 4. SOIL, SAND, MUD, ROCKS-Soil functions are general capabilities of soils that are important for various agricultural, environmental, nature protection, landscape architecture and urban applications. Six key soil functions are: Food and other biomass production Environmental Interaction: storage, filtering, and transformation Biological habitat and gene pool Source of raw materials Physical and cultural heritage Platform for man-made structures: buildings, highways