Where Does It Come From?

The Law of Conservation of

Matter:Matter can be neither created nor destroyed.Because nothing can be created, and nothing can be destroyed, everything must

come from somewhere.BUT WHERE?

Animal?

Vegetable? Mineral

?

or

Look at each of the following pictures, and decide if its origin is animal,

vegetable, or mineral!

1. Fabric Softener 2. Tennis Shoe 3. Ice Cream 4. Soap

5. Fireworks 6. Glue 7. Lipstick

8. Tee Shirt 9. Motor Oil 10. Paint 11. Salt

12. Rubber Band13. Worcestershire

Sauce 14. Toothpaste

15. Gummy Bears

18. Glass

16. Pencil 17. Pink Lemonade

Animal?

Vegetable? Mineral

?

or

Let’s Find Out!

1. Fabric Softenerhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/txspiked/42968

0336/

Mineral, yes, but also Animal!

Dihydrogenated tallow dimethyl ammonium chloride-This is a fancy term for animal fat used to make clothes soft!

http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2010/05/22/animal-products.html

2. Tennis ShoeAnimal, Vegetable, &

MineralAnimal: uppers of leather tennis shoes. Vegetable: (cotton)- uppers of canvas tennis shoes/laces

Mineral:(rubber/carbon) –bottom soles of tennis shoes are made of rubber/carbon is added to strengthen the rubber(metal)-eyes for laces (plastic)-covering for lace tips

http://www.mademan.com/mm/what-materials-are-used-make-sneakers.html

3. IceCreamhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/wee

lakeo/3875087712/

Animal & Vegetable In addition to the cow’s milk in ice cream,

you can find ingredients from plants.

For vanilla ice cream, these include sugar,

vanilla, and carrageenan, a gum extracted from

seaweed!http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2000-03/952033216.Ag.r.html

4. SoapAnimal, Vegetable, &

Mineral!

Soap is made by reactinglard (animal fat)

or vegetable oil with a base like NaOH (an alkaline materiel)which makes lye soap.

http://madsci.org/posts/archives/1998-05/894656940.Ch.r.html

5. FireworksVegetable, & Mineral

The tube that holds the explosives (paper) and

the fuse (cotton string) are from vegetables/(trees).

Gun powder is used for lift, and different elements determine

the color of fireworks.

http://www.bizzikid.co.uk/sciencefactsfantasticfireworks.html

6. GlueMineral &

Animal

White glue is made by combining borax B(OH)4

with polyvinyl alcohol, but many glues are made from the skin,

bone, and connective ttissue in cattle & other

animals.

http://madsci.org/posts/archives/1998-05/894656940.Ch.r.html

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/mar99/921563399.Ch.r.html

7. Lipstickhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/studio-trashy/3329629060/

Animal, Vegetable, & Mineral!

Lipstick is mostly made of waxes like beeswax from bees’ honeycombs,

carnauba wax, from Brazillian wax palms, &

candelilla wax from the candelilla plant.

Pink shades of lipstick are created with titanium dioxide.

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff/7728scit2.html

8. Tee-ShirtVegetable, Animal, &

Mineral

Most tee shirts are madefrom cotton.

Some tee shirts also contain polyester, which is oil based (fossils from plants & animals)Many dyes used to color shirts

are also mineral based.http://www.madehow.com/Volume-2/T-

Shirt.html

http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/uh177.pdf

9. Green Motor Oil Animal!“Green” or

“environmentally friendly” motor oil uses animal fat instead of petrochemical-

based oil.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2010/05/22/animal-

products.html#slide11

10. PaintMineral

While there are many different types of paint,

minerals form the bases of most paints.

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff/7728scit2.html

11. SaltMineral

Salt, or sodium chloride (NaCl) is a mineral found in oceans,

rocks, and evaporated seabeds.

http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/salt.html

12. Rubber Band Vegetable

Rubber bands are made from organic rather than synthetic rubber. Latex is removed from the rubber tree by tapping the bark.

http://www.enotes.com/rubber-band-reference/rubber-band

13. Worcestershire Saucehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/archangeli/318936337/

Vegetable, Mineral, & Animal!

Worcestershire sauce has many of the plant-based ingredients you would expect like onions, garlic, sugar, and vinegar.

Worcestershire sauce also contains salt, which is a

mineral. But the surprise ingredient in

Worcestershire sauce is an animal/fish: anchovy!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/magazine/18food-t-000.html

14. ToothpasteMineral & Vegetable

Two important ingredients found in toothpaste are the minerals calcium carbonate

(chalk) & fluoride.

Many toothpastes are flavored with mint or cinnamon from

plants/trees.

http://www.madehow.com/Volume 3/Toothpaste.html

15. Gummy Bearshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/rubilina/

4124718193/

Vegetable & AnimalThe primary ingredient in

gummy bears is gelatin which is made from the

collagen of animals (hooves, etc…)

Gummy bears are sweetened with sugar &

colored /flavored with fruit juice.

http://www.ehow.com/list_5968143_gummy-worms-

ingredients.html

16. PencilVegetable, Mineral,

Many pencils are made of

wood, usually cedar, and have a rubber eraser.

Inside of the pencil is the mineral graphite.

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/97303

17. Pink Lemonadehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/zylenia/5267564577/

Vegetable, Mineral, & Animal

Besides the obvious plant ingredients of lemon & sugar,pink lemonade also contains trace amounts of the minerals calcium, potassium, and iron. The pretty pink color in

pink lemonade comes from a bug!Female cochineal bugs are crushed and used for pink dye!

http://www.livestrong.com/article/530691-the-nutritional-value-in-lemonade/

http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2010/05/22/animal-products.html#slide11

18.Glasshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/

nickmilleruk/28843601/

Mineral

Glass is made of silica, the primary ingredient of sand.

To make glass, sand is mixed with other minerals, then

melted.

http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/glass.htm

Now It’s Your Turn!

Discover What Other Things We Use Are Made Of!

Where Does It Come From?

Adapted from: Everything Comes From Our Natural Resources: A Study of the Earth. http://www.mii.org/pdfs/study/studyoftheearth.pdf