When you walk on the beach, are you walking on mountains?

I’m doing some practice exam questions for biology, and i’m not sure how to do these 3 parts to the question.

1) what three conditions must be present for minerals to form through natural processes? 2) why are minerals considered inorganic substances? 3) how do oxides differ from other minerals that contain oxygen atoms? 4) how is a sulfide different from a sulfate? what makes native elements unique?

Kara has a plant that produces either purple or white flowers. she crosses a plant that has two recessive alleles for white flowers with a plant that has two dominant alleles for purple flowers. which result would be true of all of the offspring? a) all of the offspring would have two recessive alleles and white flowers. b) all of the offspring would have two dominant alleles and purple flowers. c) all of the offspring would have one recessive allele, one dominant allele, and white flowers. d) all of the offspring would have one recessive allele, one dominant allele, and purple flowers