Minerals Quiz

Which of the following is an element?

• water

• hydrogen

• air

• carbon dioxide

A compound contains two or more

• elements physically combined.

• simple substances.

• elements chemically combined.

• nuclei combined with electrons.

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Chemical bonds are likely to form when

• two atoms have the same number of electrons.

• an atom’s outer energy level doesn’t have the maximum number of electrons.

• an atom’s nucleus has the same number of protons as neutrons.

• an atom’s outer energy level is filled.

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Which of these is a mineral?

• oxygen

• diamond

• sulfuric acid

• wood

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Major groups of minerals include

• oxides and carbonates.

• ions and isotopes.

• silicates and magnetics.

• inorganics and halides.

A mineral CANNOT be

• solid.

• formed from once-living material.

• naturally occurring.

• light in color.

When carbonate minerals come into contact with hydrochloric acid, they

• break.

• fizz.

• freeze.

• evaporate.

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The Mohs scale measures

• density of a mineral.

• a mineral’s hardness.

• the luster of a mineral.

• a mineral’s type of crystalline structure.

Diamond is

• the hardest mineral on the Mohs scale.

• a nonmetallic element.

• the only mineral with luster.

• an isotope of silicon.

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Particles in the nucleus of an atom are its __________ and __________.

• electrons, protons

• protons, neutrons

• neutrons, electrons

• ions, atoms

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