Rocks & Minerals

What makes up minerals?

• Dust particles

• Atoms

• Rocks

True or False? Minerals can be made up of one or more type of atom?

• True

• False

How do minerals form?

• They form when atoms bond or join together.

• They form when atoms separate.

• They form when atoms break apart.

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• Gold is a mineral made of gold atoms.

• Calcite is a mineral made of 3 kinds of atoms.

• Halite is a mineral made of chlorine and sodium.

• Graphite and Diamonds are made of Hydrogen atoms.

True or False? Some minerals may contain the same kind of atoms but not look alike? For example graphite and diamonds are both made of carbon but look different.

• True

• False

How do minerals get the shape of crystals?

• Crystals are formed from breaking the minerals.

• Crystals form based on the shape of how their atoms are arranged.

• Crystals are shaped by humans into their form.

Which is NOT a way to describe minerals?

• color and streak

• how the surface looks (shiny or dull)

• ability to bounce

• hardness of the mineral or how it breaks

True or False? We rarely use minerals in the real world.

• True

• False