Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Minerals

Which item is a mineral?

• Coral

• Diamond

• Rock

• Plastic

Crystal atoms join

• randomly

• in a straight line

• in a repeating pattern

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Silicate is

• a mineral that contains live organisms

• a mineral that occurs as a liquid

• a mineral that contains silicon and oxygen

• not a rock-forming mineral

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A mineral is

• naturally occurring, inorganic, and liquid

• naturally occurring, organic, and solid

• lab manufactured, organic, and solid

• naturally occurring, inorganic, and solid

Magma is found

• near Earth's surface

• beneath Earth's surface

• only in volcanos

• above ground

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Lava is found

• on or near Earth's surface

• beneath Earth's surface

• only in Hawaii

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Minerals have a definite chemical composition

• True

• False

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Minerals have an orderly arrangement of atoms

• True

• False

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Coral and shells are

• organic

• inorganic

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Rock candy is made by

• crystallization of sugar

• Willy Wonka

• solidification (freezing)

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