Minerals of the Earth

Match

Match the following

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

Made up of silicate and mafic minerals

Made up of ultramafic minerals

Made up mainly of iron, nickel, and sulfur

• Made up of silicate and mafic minerals

• Made up of ultramafic minerals

• Made up mainly of iron, nickel, and sulfur

Match

Match the following

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Ridged, solid, and mainly cool

Flows like plastic, quite hot

Liquid iron, nickel, & sulfur

Hottest layer, but high pressures cause it to be solid Iron, Nickel, and sulfur.

• Ridged, solid, and mainly cool

• Flows like plastic, quite hot

• Liquid iron, nickel, & sulfur

• Hottest layer, but high pressures cause it to be solid Iron, Nickel, and sulfur.

Multiple Select

Which two elements make up about 75% of Earth's Crust?

• Carbon

• Oxygen

• Silicon

• Iron

Match

Match the following

• Atmophiles

• Lithophiles

• Chalcophiles

• Siderophiles

Elements that mainly exist as gases.

Elements that mainly exist as rocks in Earth's Crust and Mantle.

Elements that readily bond with sulfur

Elements that readily bond with iron.

• Elements that mainly exist as gases.

• Elements that mainly exist as rocks in Earth's Crust and Mantle.

• Elements that readily bond with sulfur

• Elements that readily bond with iron.

Match

Match the following with regards to 5 factors that define minerals.

• Inorganic

• Occur Naturally

• Crystalline Structure

• Consistent Chemical Composition

• Soild

Does not directly come from life.

Occurs without the influence of Human activity.

The physical arrangement of mineral is the same.

The molecular arrangment of atoms is the same.

Does not readily chance physical states on or near Earth's surface.

• Does not directly come from life.

• Occurs without the influence of Human activity.

• The physical arrangement of mineral is the same.

• The molecular arrangment of atoms is the same.

• Does not readily chance physical states on or near Earth's surface.

Multiple Select

At the core of all silicate minerals what two elements are constant.

• Carbon

• Oxygen

• Sulfur

• Silicon

Multiple Choice

Which element formula will you find in Carbonate Minerals?

• CO2

• SO2

• CO3

• CH4

Multiple Choice

Halogens (column 17) bond with which other column to form Halides

• Column 1

• Column 9

• Column 18

• Column 16

Match

Match the following native elements.

Gold (Au)

Copper (Cu)

Silver (Ag)

Graphite (C)

Sulfur (S)

• Gold (Au)

• Copper (Cu)

• Silver (Ag)

• Graphite (C)

• Sulfur (S)

Multiple Choice

What chemical formula will you always find in the core of a sulfate mineral?

• SiO4

• SO4

• SO2

• CO3

Multiple Choice

In Sulfide minerals sulfur will general bond with a

• Gas

• Transitional Metal

• Alkalaid Metal

• Nonmetal

Multiple Choice

Phosphate minerals will always have ____ at their core.

• PhPe

• S2O4

• PO

• PO4

Match

Match the following image to the correct mineral.

Apatite

Iron Pyrite

Quartz

Galena

Sodalite

• Apatite

• Iron Pyrite

• Quartz

• Galena

• Sodalite