Quiz Review

K. Sanderson

All minerals in the sulfate and sulfide groups contain what

element?A. Sulfur

B. Silicon

C. Oxygen

D. Carbon

What are the building blocks of minerals?

a. Rocks

b. Elements

c. Isotopes

d. electrons

The building block or structure of the silicate minerals is called the __a. silicon-oxygen tetrahedron

b. Aluminum-oxygen tetrahedron

c. Silicon-oxygen triangle

d. Silicon-aluminum triangle

The central region of an atom is called the ___.

a. Proton

b. Electron

c. Nucleus

d. neutron

A mineral that contains carbon, oxygen, and a metallic like element

(like magnesium) would be classified as a(n):

a. Silicate

b. Oxide

c. Carbonate

d. melting

Atoms containing the same number of protons & different number of

neutrons are __.

a. Isotopes

b. Ions

c. Neutrons

d. Compounds

The process of mineral formation from magma is called __

a. Evaporation

b. Precipitation

c. Crystallization

d. Melting

Isotopes of the same element differ in the number of __.

a. Protons

b. Electrons

c. Neutrons

d. nuclei

What is a naturally occurring, inorganic solid with an orderly

crystalline structure and a definite chemical composition?

a. A mineral

b. An element

c. An isotope

d. A compound

The main types of chemical bonds are ___.

a. ionic, covalent, and metallic

b. Ionic, compound, and metallic

c. Isotopic, covalent, and metallic

d. Ionic, covalent, and nonmetallic

Which of the following is NOT a characteristics of minerals?

a. Orderly crystalline structure

b. Formed by inorganic processes

c. Definite chemical composition

d. liquid

The tendency of minerals to break along smooth flat surfaces is called

____.

a. Fracture

b. Cleavage

c. Streak

d. Crystal form

Which of the following properties is generally the least useful in identify

minerals?

a. Hardness

b. Streak

c. Cleavage

d. color

Mohs scale is used to determine what property of minerals?

a. Cleavage

b. Density

c. Hardness

d. luster

The appearance or quality of light reflected from the surface of a

mineral is called ___.

a. Streak

b. Color

c. Cleavage

d. luster

The color of the powdered form of a mineral is called __.

a. Cleavage

b. Streak

c. Luster

d. fracture

The resistance of a mineral to being scratched is called __.

a. Streak

b. Fracture

c. Hardness

d. cleavage

A(n) ______ is an electrically neutral subatomic particle found

in the nucleus of an atom

Silicon and oxygen combine to form the framework of the most

common mineral group, the ______ minerals.

The ratio of a mineral’s mass to its volume is its ______.

A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with an orderly crystalline structure and definite chemical

composition is a(n) _____.

The tendency of a mineral to break along planes of weak

bonding is called ____.