Minerals Warm Up #3

All minerals form through

• heat and pressure

• crystallization

• heating and rapid cooling

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The two main families of rock-forming minerals are

• feldspar and quartz

• lava and magma

• silicates and nonsilicates

• halite and calcite

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Minerals have an orderly arrangement of atoms

• True

• False

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What is the relationship between a rock and a mineral?

• Most rocks are made up of minerals.

• Minerals are made up of rocks.

• Rocks are on the Earth's surface. Minerals are found underground.

• Rocks and minerals are different names for the same thing.

Which of the following are NOT examples of how minerals form naturally.

• Evaporation
• Grown in a tree
• Heat and pressure
• Molten rock cooling

Minerals are made up of one or more

• elements

• rocks

• other minerals

• none of these

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Which of the following allows for large crystals to grow?

• Time & space
• A lot of rocks in the area
• Heat and pressure
• Evaporation

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If molten rock cools SLOWLY, what size crystals will likely form?

• Large
• Small or no crystals
• Large & Small 

If molten rock cools QUICKLY, what size crystals will likely form?

• Large
• Small or no crystals
• Large & Small