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Chapter 10: Minerals

Question 1 of 34

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What is the definition of a mineral?

Select one or more of the following:

  • solid

  • naturally occurring

  • beautiful

  • made of water

  • inorganic (not made by plants or animals)

  • crystalline structure

  • fixed chemical composition

Explanation

Question 2 of 34

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Which of the following is/are (a) mineral(s)?

Select one or more of the following:

  • ice

  • glass

  • snow

  • pearl

Explanation

Question 3 of 34

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What is California's state mineral?

Select one of the following:

  • quartz

  • gold

  • galena

  • topaz

Explanation

Question 4 of 34

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What is California's state gem?

Select one of the following:

  • benitoite

  • painite

  • jeremejevite

  • poudretteite

Explanation

Question 5 of 34

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What is California's state rock?

Select one of the following:

  • andesite

  • essexite

  • dolomite

  • serpentinite

Explanation

Question 6 of 34

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What is California's state fossil

Select one of the following:

  • great auk

  • mammoth

  • saber-toothed cat

  • imperial woodpecker

Explanation

Question 7 of 34

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ferromagnesium silicates

Select one or more of the following:

  • minerals contain Fe and Mg or both

  • lack Fe or Mg

  • light colored

  • dark colored

  • more dense

  • less dense

  • olivine

  • muscovite

  • plagioclase feldspar

  • biotite

Explanation

Question 8 of 34

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nonferromagnesian silicates

Select one or more of the following:

  • light colored

  • pyroxene

  • potassium feldspar

  • amphibole

  • biotite

  • quartz

  • less dense

  • more dense

  • lack fe and mg

  • muscovite

Explanation

Question 9 of 34

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What are the important nonsilicates?

Select one or more of the following:

  • halite (NaCl_

  • hematite (Fe2O3)

  • sulfur (S)

  • calcite (CaCO3)

  • gypsum (CaSO4+H2O)

Explanation

Question 10 of 34

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What are ferromagnesian silicates' important elements?

Select one of the following:

  • K, Al, Na

  • Fe, Mg

Explanation

Question 11 of 34

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What are nonferromagnesian silicates' important elements

Select one of the following:

  • K, Al, Na

  • Fe, Mg

Explanation

Question 12 of 34

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What is the charge on silicon? How many are in a tetrahedron?

Select one of the following:

  • 4+, 4

  • 1+, 4

  • 4-, 4

  • 4+, 1

Explanation

Question 13 of 34

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What is the charge on oxygen? How many are present in a tetrahedron?

Select one of the following:

  • 2-, 4

  • 4+, 2

  • 4-, 2

  • 2+, 4

Explanation

Question 14 of 34

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What is the total charge on the silicon tetrahedron?

Select one of the following:

  • -2

  • -3

  • -4

  • -5

Explanation

Question 15 of 34

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What is the industrial use for quartz?

Select one of the following:

  • used for manufacture of glass, paints, abrasives, pressure gauges

  • used for porcelain, scouring powder, gemstone

Explanation

Question 16 of 34

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What is the industrial use for potassium feldspar (orthoclase)

Select one of the following:

  • used for porcelain, scouring powder, gemstone

  • used in ceramics

Explanation

Question 17 of 34

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What is the industrial use for plagioclase feldspar

Select one of the following:

  • used in ceramics

  • important for ceramics and china, a filler for paper, and rubber in medicines and cosmetics

Explanation

Question 18 of 34

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What is the indudstrial use for kaolinite?

Select one of the following:

  • used in ceramics and china, a filler for paper and rubber in medicines and cosmetics

  • only of interest to scientists

Explanation

Question 19 of 34

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What is the industrial use for pyroxene?

Select one of the following:

  • used for wallboard, pottery, indoor decorating, and sculpture

  • only of interest to scientists

Explanation

Question 20 of 34

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What is the industrial use for amphibole (hornblende)?

Select one of the following:

  • only of interest to scientists

  • used for wallboard, pottery, indoor decorating, and sculpture

Explanation

Question 21 of 34

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What is the industrial use for gypsum?

Select one of the following:

  • only of interest to scientists

  • used for wallboard, pottery, indoor decorating, and sculpture

Explanation

Question 22 of 34

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What is the industrial use for biotite?

Select one of the following:

  • only of interest to scientists

  • used for electrical and heat insulation, also used in manufacture of paper, rubber and fireproof paint and porcelain products

Explanation

Question 23 of 34

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What is the industrial use for muscovite?

Select one of the following:

  • used in cement, ornamental stone, fertilizers, chemical industry, polishers, and filters

  • used for electrical and heat insulation, also used in manufacture of paper, rubber and fireproof paint and porcelain products

Explanation

Question 24 of 34

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What is the industrial use for calcite?

Select one of the following:

  • used in cement, ornamental stone, fertilizers, chemical industry, polishers, and filters

  • used as a source of magnesium ore; transparent variety used as a gemstone

Explanation

Question 25 of 34

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What is the industrial use for olivine?

Select one of the following:

  • used as a source of magnesium ore; transparent variety used as a gemstone

  • most important ore of iron

Explanation

Question 26 of 34

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What is the industrial use for magnetite?

Select one of the following:

  • used for manufacture of sulfuric acid to extract iron, gold, copper, colbalt, nickle, etc

  • most important ore of iron

Explanation

Question 27 of 34

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What is the industrial use for pyrite?

Select one of the following:

  • used for manufacture of sulfuric acid to extract iron, gold, copper, colbalt, nickle, etc

  • valuable ornamental stone

Explanation

Question 28 of 34

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What is the industrial use for azurite and malachite?

Select one of the following:

  • valuable ornamental stone

  • raw material used in manufacture of sulfuric acid, explosives, fungicides, and fertilizers

Explanation

Question 29 of 34

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What is the industrial use for sulfur?

Select one of the following:

  • main ore of aluminum

  • raw material used in manufacture of sulfuric acid, explosives, fungicides, and fertilizers

Explanation

Question 30 of 34

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What is the industrial use for bauxite?

Select one of the following:

  • main ore of lead

  • main ore of aluminum

Explanation

Question 31 of 34

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What is the industrial use for galena?

Select one of the following:

  • main ore of lead

  • used for sandpaper and other abrasives

Explanation

Question 32 of 34

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What is the industrial use for garnet?

Select one of the following:

  • used for sandpaper and other abrasives

  • a very important iron lore

Explanation

Question 33 of 34

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What is the industrial use for hematite?

Select one of the following:

  • a very important iron lore

  • vital ingredient in human and animal diets, used in chemical industry for preparation of hydrochloric acid and sodium, also used in food preparation industry

Explanation

Question 34 of 34

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What is the industrial use for halite?

Select one of the following:

  • used for manufacture of glass, paints, abrasives, pressure gauges

  • vital ingredient in human and animal diets, used in chemical industry for preparation of hydrochloric acid and sodium, also used in food preparation industry

Explanation

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