Ch. 07: Minerals

Miners have to go down ____ to get to deep

mines.

• Shafts

• Rocks

• Wells

One way to separate minerals from rock is

to ____ them in smelting ovens.

• Dry

• Melt

• Keep

Minerals are often found in _____.

• Ocean

• Air

• Rocks

Geologists might test water from a ____ for

traces of minerals.

• River

• Rock

• Rain

Minerals are never ____.

• Dead

• Alive

Minerals have definite ____ patterns.

• Wrong

• Right

• Atomic

Minerals are not made of ___ things.

• Living

• Dead

____ is a common mineral made of silicon

and oxygen.

• Corundum

• Diamond

• Quartz

___ involves skimming minerals in long

patches off the earth’s surface. (two words)

• Strip Mining

• Earth Shaving

• Soil Erosion

A few minerals are common, but most

are _____.

• Raw

• Rare

• Common