Many Drugs Still in Use Today Were Originally Taken from Plant,animal,or

question 39

True/False

Many drugs still in use today were originally taken from plant,animal,or mineral sources hundreds or even thousands of years ago.

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Definitions:

Hot Springs

Natural pools of water heated by geothermal activity beneath the Earth's surface.

Gold Ore

A type of rock that contains sufficient minerals with important elements including gold; the ores are extracted through mining.

Caldera

A broad volcanic depression, generally the result of a substantial eruption followed by the fall-in of the volcano's opening.

Banded Iron Formations

Layers of iron-rich minerals alternated with silica or chert, deposited in marine environments over 2.5 billion years ago and are important iron ore sources.