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Minerals and Human Uses

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What mineral is used for pencils?

a)

Graphite

b)

Titanium

c)

Magnetite

d)

Quartz

2.

What mineral is used for common table salt?

a)

quartz

b)

sulfur

c)

halite

d)

calcite

3.
What are the 3 main fossil fuels?
a)
Coal, Oil, and Gasoline
b)
Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
c)
Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum
d)
Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources
4.
Fossil Fuels formed over long periods of time after particles in water settled to the sea floor and formed marine mud.  What kinds of particles needed to be present in the marine mud in order for fossil fuels to form.
a)
Mostly sand and a few small bits of wood
b)
Mostly decaying organisms
c)
Mostly lava and a few sedimentary rocks
d)
Mostly metal minerals
5.
Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......
a)
require expensive equipment
b)
take millions of years to replace
c)
can be found all over 
d)
provide all the energy we use
6.
What is the definition of a renewable resource?
a)
things that don't run out
b)
things that do run out
c)
stuff that makes things happen
d)
none of the above
7.

May be ground up to add "sparkle" to paints and cosmetics

a)

Mica

b)

Gold

c)

SIlver

d)

Zinc

e)

Phosphate

8.

Most abundant element used to make containers and deodorants

a)

aluminum

b)

phosphate

c)

gypsum

d)

sulfur

e)

silver

9.

Used in dentistry, medicine, jewelry, art and computers. Can be stretched thinner than human hair

a)

gold

b)

zinc

c)

silver

d)

hematite

e)

limestone

10.

Used in photography, chemistry, jewelry, coins, mirrors, silverware

a)

silver

b)

gypsum

c)

coal

d)

beryllium

e)

flint

11.

Primarily used for sheet rock or wallboard

a)

gypsum

b)

halite

c)

phosphate

d)

mica

e)

sulfur

12.

Primary ore of iron used to produce steel, cars, tools and bridges

a)

hematite

b)

halite

c)

beryllium

d)

antimony

e)

copper

13.

Can be used to make arrowheads, spear points, knives. May be used to start a fire

a)

flint

b)

gypsum

c)

limestone

d)

flourite

e)

mica

14.

Used to make computer chips, glass, ceramics, abrasives, and sweeteners

a)

silica

b)

halite

c)

lithium

d)

silver

e)

zinc

15.

Used to make electrical wires, brass, bronze, coins, plumbing and jewerly

a)

copper

b)

coal

c)

zinc

d)

gold

e)

silica

16.

used to make fertilizer, paper, film, matches, tires and medicines

a)

sulfur

b)

limestone

c)

hematite

d)

phosphate

e)

halite

17.

Used to make fluoride toothpaste, pottery and hydrofluroic acid

a)

flouride

b)

mica

c)

galena

d)

coal

e)

sulfur

18.

One reason gemstones are special is because they are

a)

cheap

b)

rare

c)

ugly

d)

easy to find

19.

Which of the following is a mineral that is mined as a fuel source?

a)

coltan

b)

tantalum

c)

salt

d)

uranium

20.

Mineral used for making glass, electrical components and optical lenses

a)

pyrite

b)

quartz

c)

sulfur

d)

obsidian