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Chapter 10: Minerals

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Quiz on Chapter 10: Minerals , created by Keyaira Branch on 12/05/2017.
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Question 1

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What is the definition of a mineral?
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  • solid
  • naturally occurring
  • beautiful
  • made of water
  • inorganic (not made by plants or animals)
  • crystalline structure
  • fixed chemical composition

Question 2

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Which of the following is/are (a) mineral(s)?
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  • ice
  • glass
  • snow
  • pearl

Question 3

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What is California's state mineral?
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  • quartz
  • gold
  • galena
  • topaz

Question 4

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What is California's state gem?
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  • benitoite
  • painite
  • jeremejevite
  • poudretteite

Question 5

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What is California's state rock?
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  • andesite
  • essexite
  • dolomite
  • serpentinite

Question 6

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What is California's state fossil
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  • great auk
  • mammoth
  • saber-toothed cat
  • imperial woodpecker

Question 7

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ferromagnesium silicates
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  • minerals contain Fe and Mg or both
  • lack Fe or Mg
  • light colored
  • dark colored
  • more dense
  • less dense
  • olivine
  • muscovite
  • plagioclase feldspar
  • biotite

Question 8

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nonferromagnesian silicates
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  • light colored
  • pyroxene
  • potassium feldspar
  • amphibole
  • biotite
  • quartz
  • less dense
  • more dense
  • lack fe and mg
  • muscovite

Question 9

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What are the important nonsilicates?
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  • halite (NaCl_
  • hematite (Fe2O3)
  • sulfur (S)
  • calcite (CaCO3)
  • gypsum (CaSO4+H2O)

Question 10

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What are ferromagnesian silicates' important elements?
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  • K, Al, Na
  • Fe, Mg

Question 11

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What are nonferromagnesian silicates' important elements
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  • K, Al, Na
  • Fe, Mg

Question 12

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What is the charge on silicon? How many are in a tetrahedron?
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  • 4+, 4
  • 1+, 4
  • 4-, 4
  • 4+, 1

Question 13

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What is the charge on oxygen? How many are present in a tetrahedron?
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  • 2-, 4
  • 4+, 2
  • 4-, 2
  • 2+, 4

Question 14

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What is the total charge on the silicon tetrahedron?
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  • -2
  • -3
  • -4
  • -5

Question 15

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What is the industrial use for quartz?
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  • used for manufacture of glass, paints, abrasives, pressure gauges
  • used for porcelain, scouring powder, gemstone

Question 16

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What is the industrial use for potassium feldspar (orthoclase)
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  • used for porcelain, scouring powder, gemstone
  • used in ceramics

Question 17

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What is the industrial use for plagioclase feldspar
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  • used in ceramics
  • important for ceramics and china, a filler for paper, and rubber in medicines and cosmetics

Question 18

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What is the indudstrial use for kaolinite?
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  • used in ceramics and china, a filler for paper and rubber in medicines and cosmetics
  • only of interest to scientists

Question 19

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What is the industrial use for pyroxene?
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  • used for wallboard, pottery, indoor decorating, and sculpture
  • only of interest to scientists

Question 20

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What is the industrial use for amphibole (hornblende)?
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  • only of interest to scientists
  • used for wallboard, pottery, indoor decorating, and sculpture

Question 21

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What is the industrial use for gypsum?
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  • only of interest to scientists
  • used for wallboard, pottery, indoor decorating, and sculpture

Question 22

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What is the industrial use for biotite?
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  • only of interest to scientists
  • used for electrical and heat insulation, also used in manufacture of paper, rubber and fireproof paint and porcelain products

Question 23

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What is the industrial use for muscovite?
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  • 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

Question 24

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What is the industrial use for calcite?
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  • used in cement, ornamental stone, fertilizers, chemical industry, polishers, and filters
  • used as a source of magnesium ore; transparent variety used as a gemstone

Question 25

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What is the industrial use for olivine?
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  • used as a source of magnesium ore; transparent variety used as a gemstone
  • most important ore of iron

Question 26

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What is the industrial use for magnetite?
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  • used for manufacture of sulfuric acid to extract iron, gold, copper, colbalt, nickle, etc
  • most important ore of iron

Question 27

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What is the industrial use for pyrite?
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  • used for manufacture of sulfuric acid to extract iron, gold, copper, colbalt, nickle, etc
  • valuable ornamental stone

Question 28

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What is the industrial use for azurite and malachite?
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  • valuable ornamental stone
  • raw material used in manufacture of sulfuric acid, explosives, fungicides, and fertilizers

Question 29

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What is the industrial use for sulfur?
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  • main ore of aluminum
  • raw material used in manufacture of sulfuric acid, explosives, fungicides, and fertilizers

Question 30

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What is the industrial use for bauxite?
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  • main ore of lead
  • main ore of aluminum

Question 31

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What is the industrial use for galena?
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  • main ore of lead
  • used for sandpaper and other abrasives

Question 32

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What is the industrial use for garnet?
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  • used for sandpaper and other abrasives
  • a very important iron lore

Question 33

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What is the industrial use for hematite?
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  • 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

Question 34

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What is the industrial use for halite?
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  • 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
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