A mineralogist studies minerals and their origins. A mineralogist studying the Earth system would ________.
◦ study how minerals influence organisms living on them, how they react with water to produce soil forming minerals, or study how wind transports minerals as dust and influences climate
◦ study how minerals form rocks
◦ do the same thing, studying minerals and their origins, as any other mineralogist
◦ Minerals can never be used to study the Earth system.