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Rocks and Minerals

Authored by Ashley Grasso

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6th Grade

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Rocks and Minerals
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a mineral?

A naturally occurring, inorganic substance.

A naturally occurring, organic substance.

A man-made inorganic substance.

A man-made organic substance.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A mineral:

has a specific chemical makeup.

is made of two or more different chemical substances.

is made by a living thing.

can be a solid, liquid or gas.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do we mean when we say a mineral has a crystalline structure?

A mineral is made of ice crystals.

A mineral is shiny or lustrous, like a crystal.

The atoms in a mineral are arranged in a systematic and repeating way.

The atoms in a mineral are arranged randomly.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What characteristic do both rocks and minerals have in common?

They are organic.

They are chemically pure.

They are naturally occuring.

They have crystals.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A rock is:

a chemically pure substance.

an aggregate or mixture of minerals.

always inorganic

classified according to a specific set of properties.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of minerals?

Minerals are inorganic.

Minerals have crystals.

A mineral has a definite chemical composition.

A mineral can contain fossils.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is NOT a rock?

Quartz

Limestone

Basalt

Marble

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