What Is a Mineral?

We use minerals...

• once a week

• everyday

• during school hours only

Minerals are not manmade, so they are _________.

• inorganic

• naturally occurring

• solid

• crystals

A definite chemical composition means that a mineral is made _________.

• when water evaporates

• in nature

• the same every time

• from crystals

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If a substance has a definite chemical composition it will have _______.

• crystals

• letter symbols (and numbers) from the periodic table

• carbon

• atoms

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Which 2 things have to be true to form a crystal?

• repeating atoms

• must be a native element

• has to be a silicate

• must be 3D

Minerals are in which state of matter?

• gas

• liquid

• plasma

• solid

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Inorganic means

• nonliving

• living

• atoms

• solid

Minerals that have silicon and oxygen in its crystal structure are called ______.

• crystals

• magmas

• silicates

• oxides

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Minerals are the building blocks for ________.

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For a mineral to be considered a mineral, which characteristic must it have?

• located near water

• easily mined

• definite chemical composition

• fossils

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