Reading Passage Minerals Quiz
- 1.What are minerals?
- A.
Natural solids
- B.
Compounds found in the Earth's crust
- C.
Organic substances
- D.
Exactly two of the above
- 2.Approximately how many minerals are there?
- A.
2500
- B.
100
- C.
1000
- D.
2000
- 3.Minerals differ from each other in
- A.
Size, shape, composition and colour
- B.
Size, shape, density and smell
- C.
Size, shape, texture and transparency
- D.
How they are manfactured
- 4.All minerals must
- A.
Be made up of indefinite proportion of elements
- B.
Be derived from organic materials
- C.
Occur naturally
- D.
Exactly two of the above
- 5.All minearls have _____ things in common
- A.
2
- B.
4
- C.
6
- D.
8
- 6.Each mineral must be made up of
- A.
Key elements
- B.
Dense materials
- C.
Chemically bound compounds
- D.
Metallic materials
- 7.An example of minerals is
- A.
Brick
- B.
Glass
- C.
Gold
- D.
Coal
- 8.Each mineral must be
- A.
Organic
- B.
Inorganic
- C.
Solid
- D.
Exacty two of the above
- 9.Crystals are
- A.
Rocks containing gems
- B.
One of the required forms of minerals
- C.
Solids whose particles have a non-repeating pattern
- D.
Rare and valuable
- 10.Minerals are solids with crystal form found in the Earth's crust.
- A.
True
- B.
False, they do not always have crystal form
- C.
False, they are found in the ocean
- D.
False, they can be aqueous
- 11.How many questions above were answered using prior knowledge?
- A.
1-2 questions
- B.
3-4 questions
- C.
5-6 questions
- D.
More than 7 questions
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