Sep-ORE-ation of a Mixture Lab

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Sep-ORE-ation of a Mixture Lab

• Background Information

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Ore

• A mixture of substances physically combined.
• Ores can be mined from the earth.
• Companies separate ores into their useful
  components.

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Wisconsin Lead Zinc
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Britain Galena Gold
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Indonesia Gold Platinum
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Sea Floor Manganese
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Lunar Sample Iron Nickel
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Altaameem Meteorite, Iraq
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Your Ore

• Iron
• Salt
• Sand
• Wood Shavings

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Expenditures

• These are your costs.
• Everything that you spend money on.
• All equipment rentals, purchases, fines.

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Gross Profit

• The total amount of money you earn by selling
  your separated components to the teacher.

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Net Profit

• The amount of money you have left over after you
  subtract your expenditures.
• This is the actual amount of money that you end
  up with.

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In the BLACK

• This means that your company is making money.
• If your gross profit is greater than your
  expenditures, then you end up with money left
  over.

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In the RED

• This means that your company owes money.
• If your gross profit is less than your
  expenditures, then you do not have enough money
  to pay your bills.