Minerals and Mineral Resources Quiz Section 1

What is a mineral?

• A gas with no physical properties

• A liquid with no internal structure

• A man-made substance with no specific properties

• A naturally occurring solid with a characteristic chemical composition

What are ore minerals?

• Minerals with no commercial value

• Minerals that contain one or more elements of economic value

• Compounds of metallic minerals with nonmetallic elements

• Naturally occurring inorganic solids

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What are the characteristics of metallic minerals?

• Good insulators, allow light to pass through, may have shiny or dull surfaces

• Can conduct electricity, have shiny surfaces, are opaque

• Can conduct electricity, are transparent, have dull surfaces

• Good conductors of heat, have opaque surfaces, may allow light to pass through

What is an important use of aluminum?

• Coatings on steel

• Steel making

• Cans, foil, windows, doors

• Jet engines, aircraft bodies

What is an important use of copper?

• Cables, wires

• Computer chips

• Glass, ceramics

• Batteries

What is an important use of gold?

• Computers

• Jet engines, aircraft bodies

• Steel making

• Coinage

What is an important use of iron?

• Coatings on steel

• Batteries

• Steel making

• Cans, foil, windows, doors

What is an important use of lead?

• Batteries

• Cables, wires

• Computer chips

• Glass, ceramics

What is an important use of silicon?

• Batteries

• Computer chips

• Cables, wires

• Glass, ceramics

We depend on minerals in almost every aspect of daily life.

• True

• False

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