Earth Science Chapter 9 Review

Hey there, rockstars! Can you help Jackson, Evelyn, and Grace figure out the correct type of mineral for a sparkling diamond (C)?

• ore

• compound mineral

• native mineral

• mineral mixture

Hey there, young geologists! Ava and Arjun are on a quest to identify the type of mineral that calcite (CaCO₃) is. Can you help them out?

• ore

• compound mineral

• native mineral

• mineral mixture

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Hey there, rock enthusiasts! Scarlett and Benjamin are on a treasure hunt for a rock that's a fantastic source of iron (Fe). Can you help them identify the correct type of mineral?

• ore

• compound mineral

• native mineral

• mineral mixture

Isla and Liam are on a treasure hunt for minerals! They found a shiny piece of quartz (SiO₂). Can you help them identify the correct type of mineral it is?

• ore

• compound mineral

• native mineral

• mineral mixture

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Hey Aiden, Luna, and Aria! Can you guess the correct type of mineral for platinum (Pt)?

• ore

• compound mineral

• native mineral

• mineral mixture

True or False: Noah and Isla are on a quest to find out if some minerals are too hard to leave a streak on a streak plate. Can you help them solve this mystery?

• True

• False

True or False: Anika and James, the adventurous mineralogists, often need to perform multiple tests on a mysterious mineral to uncover its true identity. Is this statement correct?

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Hey Scarlett and William, do you know what a carat is a unit of? It's a sparkling mystery!

(a)  

Hey rock enthusiasts! Aiden, Maya, and Abigail are on a quest to discover which class of minerals makes up most of the rocks in the earth's crust. Can you help them out?

• native minerals

• oxides

• silicates

• carbonates

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

During a treasure hunt, Ava and Jackson stumbled upon a shiny mineral. Ava exclaimed, "Look, it's gold!" But Jackson, being the science whiz, said, "Not so fast, that's fool's gold, also known as pyrite!" Can you help them out by identifying what type of mineral pyrite is classified as?

• carbonate

• oxide

• silicate

• sulfide