WorksheetsMineral Formation and Stability
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 4mins
Why is coal not a mineral?
Not naturally occurring
No ordered atomic structure
No definite chemical composition
Not formed inorganically
The most abundant elements in the Earth's Crust are:
Oxygen and Silicon
Oxygen and Aluminium
Silicon and Aluminium
Oxygen and Nitrogen
What are the factors that determine the stability of minerals in nature?
Temperature
Pressure
Chemical Constituents
All of the above
Minerals form via:
2 major processes
3 major processes
4 major processes
5 major processes
Halite begins crystallizing when the concentration of dissolved materials in sea-water increases to:
10%
20%
80%
90%
Gypsum or Anhydrite begins precipitating when the volume of seawater decreases to:
30%
20%
10%
40%
The sea with the most dense seawater is:
Red Sea
Dead Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Radiolarian chert is made up of:
Calcium carbonate tests
Siliceous Tests
Ferruginous Tests
Mineral rich water dripping from the roof of a cave precipitates minerals in tubular forms, growing either from the roof or the floor of the cave. Such forms are called:
Stalactites and stalagmites
Tufa towers
Smokers
Hydrothermal vents that deposit sulphide rich minerals are called:
Black Smokers
White smokers
Sulfur precipitates by the process of:
Crystallisation
Precipitation
Sublimation
1 MPa is equal to:
10 bars
100 bars
1 bar
1000 bar
Metamorphic minerals form by the process of:
Crystallisation
Solid - solid reactions
Precipitation
White smokers are located:
closer to the upwelling magmatic chamber
further away from the upwelling magmatic chamber
