All About Minerals Quiz

A mineral with 1 element

• native element

• oxide

• carbonate

• plant rock

What is it called when a mineral forms due to high pressures and temperatures

cause the crystalline makeup of a mineral to change?

• Formation by

  Metamorphism

• Formation by

  Magma

• Formation by

  Evaporation

• Formation by

  Atoms

Plutons are...

• Minerals formed by

  slowly moving magma that is almost still

• Minerals formed by quickly moving magma

• Minerals formed by evaporating solutions

• Minerals formed from metamorphism

Slowly cooling magma that is almost still creates:

• Plutons such as

  talc, diamonds, etc.

• Plutons such as

  mica, feldspar, etc.

• Pegamites such as mica, feldspar, etc.

• Pegamites such as

  topaz, beryl, etc.

Slowly cooling magma forms:

• Pegmatites, such as

  topaz

• Pegmatites, such as

  quartz

• Plutons, such as

  mica

• Plutons, such as`

  topaz

Pegmatites are...

• Minerals formed through evaporation

• Minerals formed from slowly moving magma

• Minerals formed from slowly moving magma

• Minerals formed from plants

Garnets are an example of a mineral formed from:

• Metamorphism

• Evaporation

• Plants

• Magma Cooling

Halite precipitate is an example of a mineral formed from:

• Rapidly cooling magma

• Metamorphism

• Slowly cooling magma

• Evaporating solutions

What is it called when minerals form due to bodies of saltwater

evaporating?

• Plant rocks

• Metamorphism

• Precipitating from an

  evaporating solution

• Cooling magma forms plutons

When water evaporates, the minerals inside solidify and come out of the solution.

The minerals release themselves, or ______, from the liquid