Question 1

Name three properties commonly exhibited by minerals that have metallic bonding.

Accepted Answer

Choose any three of the following: metallic luster, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, higher specific gravity, and malleability.

Question 2

Which of the following are all examples of minerals?

Accepted Answer

A)  bronze, steel, glass, aluminum, pencil lead 
B)  gold, silver, uranium, lead, silica, iron 
C)  copper, feldspar, quartz, topaz, diamond, corundum 
D)  water, mercury, metallic hydrogen, limestone 
E)  petroleum, coal, iron, feldspar, basalt 
A)  bronze, steel, glass, aluminum, pencil lead 
B)  gold, silver, uranium, lead, silica, iron 
C)  copper, feldspar, quartz, topaz, diamond, corundum 
D)  water, mercury, metallic hydrogen, limestone 
E)  petroleum, coal, iron, feldspar, basalt C

Question 3

Ice is a mineral, but snowflakes are not.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Common examples of sulfide and sulfate minerals, respectively, are:

Accepted Answer

A)  galena and pyrite. 
B)  gypsum and anhydrite. 
C)  galena and gypsum. 
D)  galena and hematite. 
E)  fluorite and pyrite. 
A)  galena and pyrite. 
B)  gypsum and anhydrite. 
C)  galena and gypsum. 
D)  galena and hematite. 
E)  fluorite and pyrite.

Question 5

Noble gases are chemically inert because their outer electron shell is filled.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Completion 
In the center of an atom is its ____________________, which is composed of positively charged particles called ____________________ and neutrally charged particles called ____________________. This central part is orbited by negatively charged particles called ____________________.

Accepted Answer

nucleus, p

Question 7

A neutrally charged atom that becomes a positively-charged atom of the same element can be called: a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  positron. 
B)  neutron. 
C)  ion. 
D)  isotope. 
E)  none of the above 
A)  positron. 
B)  neutron. 
C)  ion. 
D)  isotope. 
E)  none of the above

Question 8

Completion 
The ratio of a substance's weight, especially a mineral, to an equal volume of water at 4 ° C is called its ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Completion 
The ratio of a substance's weight,...

Question 9

Olivine is an example of a mineral with isolated silica tetrahedra.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Completion 
In the ____________________ type of chemical bonding, electrons are shared between adjacent atoms.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Completion 
In the ____________________ type of chemical...

Question 11

What is the most distinctive physical property of the mineral halite?

Accepted Answer

The salty taste (alt

Question 12

Mica and clay minerals have a platy crystal form because they have a sheet-like structure of silica tetrahedra.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What makes a resource into a reserve? What is the distinction between them, and what factors does it depend on?

Accepted Answer

Resources are concentrations of a useful

Question 14

How does a mineral reserve differ from a mineral resource?

Accepted Answer

A reserve is that pa

Question 15

Discuss how carbon atoms come together to form diamond.

Accepted Answer

The electron shells of adjacen

Question 16

Completion 
____________________ and ____________________ are mineral compounds that are commonly produced by animals and are known as calcium ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Calcite, aragonite,

Question 17

Completion 
The atomic number of an atom is determined by the number of ____________________ in its nucleus.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Completion 
The atomic number of an atom...

Question 18

Completion 
Minerals are chemically classified by their ____________________ or ____________________.

Accepted Answer

negative i

Question 19

Completion 
The silicon atom of the silica tetrahedron has a (+/−) ____________________ charge of ____________________ (number?) and the oxygen atoms have a (+/−) ____________________ charge of ____________________ (number?). Therefore, the ion group has an overall (+/−) ____________________ charge of ____________________ (number?).

Accepted Answer

positive,

Question 20

What is a simple chemical test that will distinguish calcite from noncarbonate minerals?

Accepted Answer

Calcite will efferve

Name three properties commonly exhibited by minerals that have metallic bonding.

Which of the following are all examples of minerals?

Ice is a mineral, but snowflakes are not.

Common examples of sulfide and sulfate minerals, respectively, are:

Noble gases are chemically inert because their outer electron shell is filled.

Completion In the center of an atom is its , which is composed of positively charged particles called and neutrally charged particles called . This central part is orbited by negatively charged particles called .

A neutrally charged atom that becomes a positively-charged atom of the same element can be called: a(n):

Completion The ratio of a substance's weight, especially a mineral, to an equal volume of water at 4 ° C is called its ____________________.

Olivine is an example of a mineral with isolated silica tetrahedra.

Completion In the ____________________ type of chemical bonding, electrons are shared between adjacent atoms.

What is the most distinctive physical property of the mineral halite?

Mica and clay minerals have a platy crystal form because they have a sheet-like structure of silica tetrahedra.

What makes a resource into a reserve? What is the distinction between them, and what factors does it depend on?

How does a mineral reserve differ from a mineral resource?

Discuss how carbon atoms come together to form diamond.

Completion and are mineral compounds that are commonly produced by animals and are known as calcium .

Completion The atomic number of an atom is determined by the number of ____________________ in its nucleus.

Completion Minerals are chemically classified by their or .

Completion The silicon atom of the silica tetrahedron has a (+/−) charge of (number?) and the oxygen atoms have a (+/−) charge of (number?). Therefore, the ion group has an overall (+/−) charge of (number?).

What is a simple chemical test that will distinguish calcite from noncarbonate minerals?

Understanding Earth: a Dynamic and Evolving Planet

Plate Tectonics: a Unifying Theory

Igneous Rocks and Intrusive Igneous Activity

Volcanoes and Volcanism

Weathering, Soil, and Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

Earthquakes and Earths Interior

Deformation, Mountain Building, and the Continents

Mass Wasting

Running Water

Groundwater

Glaciers and Glaciation

The Work of Wind and Deserts

Shorelines and Shoreline Processes

Geologic Time: Concepts and Principles

Earth History

Life History

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Exam 3: Minerals: the Building Blocks of Rocks

Name three properties commonly exhibited by minerals that have metallic bonding.

Which of the following are all examples of minerals?

Ice is a mineral, but snowflakes are not.

Common examples of sulfide and sulfate minerals, respectively, are:

Noble gases are chemically inert because their outer electron shell is filled.

Completion In the center of an atom is its ____________________, which is composed of positively charged particles called ____________________ and neutrally charged particles called ____________________. This central part is orbited by negatively charged particles called ____________________.

A neutrally charged atom that becomes a positively-charged atom of the same element can be called: a(n):

Completion The ratio of a substance's weight, especially a mineral, to an equal volume of water at 4 ° C is called its ____________________.

Olivine is an example of a mineral with isolated silica tetrahedra.

Completion In the ____________________ type of chemical bonding, electrons are shared between adjacent atoms.

What is the most distinctive physical property of the mineral halite?

Mica and clay minerals have a platy crystal form because they have a sheet-like structure of silica tetrahedra.

What makes a resource into a reserve? What is the distinction between them, and what factors does it depend on?

How does a mineral reserve differ from a mineral resource?

Discuss how carbon atoms come together to form diamond.

Completion ____________________ and ____________________ are mineral compounds that are commonly produced by animals and are known as calcium ____________________.

Completion The atomic number of an atom is determined by the number of ____________________ in its nucleus.

Completion Minerals are chemically classified by their ____________________ or ____________________.

What is a simple chemical test that will distinguish calcite from noncarbonate minerals?

Understanding Earth: a Dynamic and Evolving Planet

Plate Tectonics: a Unifying Theory

Igneous Rocks and Intrusive Igneous Activity

Volcanoes and Volcanism

Weathering, Soil, and Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

Earthquakes and Earths Interior

Deformation, Mountain Building, and the Continents

Mass Wasting

Running Water

Groundwater

Glaciers and Glaciation

The Work of Wind and Deserts

Shorelines and Shoreline Processes

Geologic Time: Concepts and Principles

Earth History

Life History

Filters

Completion In the center of an atom is its , which is composed of positively charged particles called and neutrally charged particles called . This central part is orbited by negatively charged particles called .

Completion and are mineral compounds that are commonly produced by animals and are known as calcium .

Completion Minerals are chemically classified by their or .