NDISC 2023

Some minerals have been made in a lab.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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There are a lot of types of minerals. How many minerals are common?

• 5

• 30

• 4,000

• millions!

Fill in the blank with the best words. Minerals have a definite ____________.

• crystal

• chemical composition

• solid

• 2-D pattern

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Hematite will have the same chemical formula no matter where in the world it is.

• TRUE

• FALSE

If a mineral melts into a liquid, it is still considered to be a mineral.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Choose the BEST answer. Minerals are naturally occurring which means that...

• They can form naturally from a dinosaur.

• They are created in a lab.

• They cannot be created in a lab.

• They are inorganic.

The atoms in a mineral are arranged in an orderly, repeating _______ pattern.

• 2-D

• 3-D

• circular

• hexagonal

Minerals have a crystal structure which means that...

• they have a crystal

• minerals are all hard

• the atoms do not from any kind of pattern

• the atoms are organized in an orderly pattern

Minerals are inorganic which means that they...

• come from dinosaurs

• are naturally occurring

• do NOT come from living things

• are made in labs

Quartz is a mineral made up of silicon and oxygen. Which characteristic does this statement refer to?

• Quartz occurs naturally

• It is inorganic

• It has a definite chemical composition

• it has a crystal structure

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