Sci CHP 6 Part 5: Silicate Minerals

Minerals made of silicate groups that form rocks are called...

• silicate minerals
• mineral silicates
• rock minerals
• silica rocks

What is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's crust?

• Feldspar
• Mica
• Quartz
• Gypsum

True or False: Silicate minerals are the largest class of rock-forming minerals

• True

• False

Most silicate minerals are formed from _____.

• evaporation of seawater
• biological processes
• weathering of rocks
• cooling magma or lava

What two elements combine to make silicate minerals?

• Carbon and hydrogen
• Nitrogen and oxygen
• Ebony and ivory

• Silicon and oxygen