Our borax crystal formed

• by evaporation of a water solution

• from a cooling water solution

• from lava cooling in class

larger mineral crystals require

• more time

• less time

it is ___ to form large mineral crystals

• common and easy

• rare and difficult

mineral crystals form

• crystal by crystal

• atom by atom

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

we used borax rather than sugar to form crystals in this class because

• borax is a mineral

• sugar is a mineral

sugar is not a mineral because

• it's organic - comes from a plant

• Actually, it's a mineral just like borax

• it does not form crystals

• it's not solid

___ is the name for molten rock below Earth's surface.

• magma

• lava

What borax mineral shape did you see in your sample?

• cubic

• rhombic

• various crystal shapes

minerals from hot water solutions mentioned in our textbook are deposited in veins. They include

• silver, gold, copper

• halite, gypsum, calcite

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

metals form mineral crystals and we can see those crystals under enough magnification.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2