Quiz Review

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Quiz Review

• K. Sanderson

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All minerals in the sulfate and sulfide groups
contain what element?

• Sulfur
• Silicon
• Oxygen
• Carbon

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What are the building blocks of minerals?

1. Rocks
2. Elements
3. Isotopes
4. electrons

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The building block or structure of the silicate
minerals is called the __

1. silicon-oxygen tetrahedron
2. Aluminum-oxygen tetrahedron
3. Silicon-oxygen triangle
4. Silicon-aluminum triangle

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The central region of an atom is called the ___.

1. Proton
2. Electron
3. Nucleus
4. neutron

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A mineral that contains carbon, oxygen, and a
metallic like element (like magnesium) would be
classified as a(n)

1. Silicate
2. Oxide
3. Carbonate
4. melting

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Atoms containing the same number of protons
different number of neutrons are __.

• Isotopes
• Ions
• Neutrons
• Compounds

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The process of mineral formation from magma is
called __

• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Crystallization
• Melting

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Isotopes of the same element differ in the number
of __.

1. Protons
2. Electrons
3. Neutrons
4. nuclei

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What is a naturally occurring, inorganic solid
with an orderly crystalline structure and a
definite chemical composition?

1. A mineral
2. An element
3. An isotope
4. A compound

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The main types of chemical bonds are ___.

1. ionic, covalent, and metallic
2. Ionic, compound, and metallic
3. Isotopic, covalent, and metallic
4. Ionic, covalent, and nonmetallic

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristics
of minerals?

1. Orderly crystalline structure
2. Formed by inorganic processes
3. Definite chemical composition
4. liquid

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The tendency of minerals to break along smooth
flat surfaces is called ____.

1. Fracture
2. Cleavage
3. Streak
4. Crystal form

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Which of the following properties is generally
the least useful in identify minerals?

1. Hardness
2. Streak
3. Cleavage
4. color

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Mohs scale is used to determine what property of
minerals?

1. Cleavage
2. Density
3. Hardness
4. luster

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The appearance or quality of light reflected from
the surface of a mineral is called ___.

1. Streak
2. Color
3. Cleavage
4. luster

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The color of the powdered form of a mineral is
called __.

1. Cleavage
2. Streak
3. Luster
4. fracture

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The resistance of a mineral to being scratched is
called __.

1. Streak
2. Fracture
3. Hardness
4. cleavage

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A(n) ______ is an electrically neutral subatomic
particle found in the nucleus of an atom
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Silicon and oxygen combine to form the framework
of the most common mineral group, the ______
minerals.
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The ratio of a minerals mass to its volume is
its ______.
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A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with an
orderly crystalline structure and definite
chemical composition is a(n) _____.
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The tendency of a mineral to break along planes
of weak bonding is called ____.