Geology 1403 Exam 1 Chapter 4

Front 1

Which of the following is NOT a mineral?

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All of these

Front 2

Which of the following is a mineral?

Back 2

Ice

Front 3

Which of the following is true about rocks and minerals?

Back 3

All of these

Front 4

Which of the following is NOT a required criterion for a substance to be classified as a mineral?

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human made

Front 5

Rocks are composed of:

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minerals

Front 6

What type of rock is shown in this photograph?

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Crystalline rock

Front 7

What type of rock is shown in this photograph?

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Clastic

Front 8

What are the two main ways that minerals are put together in rocks?

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Crystalline and Clastic

Front 9

Important characteristics to observe in rocks include:

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all of the above

Front 10

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of rocks with clastic textures?

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composed of interlocking minerals

Front 11

What mineral property is illustrated by this photograph?

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color

Front 12

Which mineral property is the least reliable for identifying a mineral?

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Color

Front 13

Which of the following is true about tests we can perform on a mineral?

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none of these

Front 14

A mineral property that can be observed without using a test is:

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Cleavage

Front 15

What mineral is shown in this photograph?

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Magnetite

Front 16

What mineral test is shown in this photograph?

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magnetic

Front 17

What mineral is shown in this photograph?

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calcite

Front 18

What mineral test is shown in this photograph?

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acid

Front 19

What mineral test is shown in this photograph?

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streak

Front 20

A cube of some rock weighs 6 grams, and a same-sized cube of water weighs 2 grams. What is the specific gravity of this rock?

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3

Front 21

Identify the list that consists of ten common minerals ranked in order of increasing hardness, from 1 to 10.

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Moshs Hardness scale

Front 22

The ratio of density of a mineral to that of freshwater is called the:

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specific gravity

Front 23

Which of the following are tests we can quickly and easily perform (even in the field) to help us identify a mineral?

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all of these

Front 24

Which of the following is NOT a main group of chemical elements on the Periodic Table?

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sulfides

Front 25

Which of the following is NOT a major class of rock-forming minerals?

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argonites

Front 26

The most important class of rock-forming minerals on Earth is:

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Silicates

Front 27

Which of the following is NOT a main type of silicate structure?

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triple chains

Front 28

What type of silicate minerals is shown from this arrangement of silicon tetrahedron?

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Single chains

Front 29

What type of atom is represented by the small brown sphere in the center of this silica tetrahedron?

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silicon

Front 30

The dominant shape in which silicon and oxygen atoms combine in silicate minerals is:

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none of these

Front 31

How do silica tetrahedra bond in silicate minerals?

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All of these

Front 32

Which of the following is generally a light-colored silicate mineral?

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Quartz

Front 33

Which of the following minerals is typically green and has no cleavage?

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Olivine

Front 34

Which of the following is NOT composed of calcium carbonate?

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Pyrite

Front 35

Which of the following is a silicate mineral?

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Garnet

Front 36

Minerals that do not contain silicon are classified as:

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Non-Silicate

Front 37

The common nonsilicate mineral groups include:

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All of these

Front 38

Which layer in the earth has a composition similar to the granite shown in this photograph?

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Continental crust

Front 39

Which layer in the earth has a composition similar to the green olivine in the center of this rock?

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mantle

Front 40

The two elements most abundant in the universe are:

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Hydrogen and Helium

Front 41

The two elements most abundant in the earth's crust are:

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Oxygen and Silicon

Front 42

What three kinds of particles are the main building blocks of an atom?

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Proton, Neutron and Electron

Front 43

The measure of an element's ability to attract electrons is its:

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Electronegativity

Front 44

What characteristic of water help it cause a mineral, such as halite, to dissolve?

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The Polar nature of water molecule

Front 45

What is a diagnostic characteristic of a mineral used to make a cement slab on your house?

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it reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid