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- 1. Multiple Choice
What are minerals ?
Minerals are the natural substances that have definite chemical composition.
Minerals are human made substances that have a definate chemical composition.
Both of them
None of them
- 2. Multiple Choice
A solid mineral with a repeating pattern of atoms
Ore
Crystal
Gem
Rock
- 3. Multiple Choice
A solid that is usually made of two or more minerals
Ore
Crystal
Gem
Rock
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which statement best expresses the relationship between rocks and minerals?
Rocks and minerals are both made of gems.
Rocks are usually made of minerals.
Minerals are usually made of rocks.
Rocks and minerals are the same thing.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a characteristics of minerals?
They are renewable.
They are not pure substances.
They are mostly in solid form
They are of various colours
- 6. Multiple Choice
A mineral that is rare and can be cut and polished, giving it a beautiful appearance
Ore
Crystal
Gem
Rock
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which properties are NOT commonly used to identify minerals?
Mass and size
Hardness and magnetism
Cleavage and fracture
Streak and luster
- 8. Multiple Choice
The size of mineral crystals in igneous rocks depends on the _______________.
Size of the pool of melted rock.
Mineral content of melted rock.
Temperature at which the rock melts.
Time it takes melted rock to cool.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Resources found deep inside the earth are called______ resources.
Mineral
Natural
Man made
- 10. Multiple Choice
Minerals contaning metals are known as __________
Ores
Mines
All of these
None of these
- 11. Fill in the Blank
_____ is the process of taking out minerals.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Minerals that are found deep inside the earth are dug out through deep holes. These holes are called _________.
Wells
Mines
Burrows
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is an alloy?
A combination of two or more metallic elements
A mixture of three metallic elements
A combination of a metallic element and non-metallic element
A metalloid
- 14. Multiple Choice
What statement is false about rocks?
Rocks are naturally occurring
Rocks are a mixture of several minerals
Rocks have no definite chemical composition
Rocks are a pure substance
- 15. Multiple Choice
Bauxite is very important in aircraft and electrical industry
True
False
- 16. Multiple Choice
Copper is used in
Electrical and telephone wires
To make factory gears
To make brass and bronze
To make pipes and coins
- 17. Fill in the Blank
_____ is the mineral that is extracted from Bauxite.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Is limestone used for construction ???
YES
NO
- 19. Fill in the Blank
_________ is used in the glass making industry.
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