Minerals and Rocks

Rocks, Minerals and Its Importance

by Dianalene Dianon

Multiple Choice

  Which of the following is a characteristic of all minerals?

• Crystalline structure

• Fills the shape of its container

• Usually organic

• Random chemical composition

Multiple Choice

Which of the factor is essential in life?

• Atmosphere

• Plate tectonics

• Water

• All of these

Multiple Choice

One reason life exists on Earth but not on Venus, is because Earth has

•  A gaseous atmosphere

•  Volcanic mountains

• Gravity

• Liquid water

Multiple Choice

What is unique about the Earth?

• Proximity to the sun - too much heat

• Proximity to the sun - too much heat in the day and to cold in the night

• Proximity to the sun - neither too much heat nor too little

• all of these

Multiple Choice

Fossils are a form of:

• mineral

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• Soil

Multiple Choice

Rock formed from materials that have settles into layers from weathering

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• Soil

Multiple Choice

Rock that have changed by heat and pressure

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• Soil

Open Ended

Explain the process of Rock Cycle

Minerals and Its Importance​

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​Medicine

• ​Ca

• ​Fe

• ​Na

• ​Mg

• ​K

• ​Al

• ​TiO

​Agriculture

• ​Zn

• ​K

• ​KOH

• ​S

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Cosmetic Industries

• Talcum Powders

• ​Lotions

• ​Creams

Home construction

• Plasters of Paris

• ​Granite

• ​Marble stone

• ​Rocks

• ​Sand

• ​Gravel