Mineral Chemistry

Minerals must possess which of the following qualities

• Must be a solid

• Naturally occurring

• Inorganic

• All of the above

Which of the following properties does a substance have to be a mineral?

• physical structure

• inorganic

• liquid

• naturally occurring

A mineral's shape is determined by the arrangement of its particles known as

• atoms

• atons

• etoms

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A--------- is a solid in which the atoms are arranged in a regular repeating pattern

• Rock

• Molecule

• Crystal

• None of the above

Which of the following describes the way a mineral may split apart along specific planes?

• Diaphaneity

• Color

• Iridesense

• Cleavage

Four substances are described correctly, but only one is a mineral Which one is a mineral?

• Steel because people make it by mixing the metal minerals like the iron.

• Volcanic glass because it is a naturally occurring random assemblage of molecules.

• Table salt because it has a definite crystal structure of sodium and chlorine ions.

• A crystallized fossil bone because it is made of minerals.

Which of these is NOT a mineral characteristic

• Naturally occurring

• Specific chemical compound

• Solid

• Colorful

Both diamond and graphite are made of pure________________

• carbon

• silver

• nickel

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Nearly all of the minerals in Earth's crust are composed of only eight elements.

• False

• True

A mineral is solid at room temperature

• True

• False