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Earth Science 101 Practice Test: Minerals
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1. All silicate minerals contain which two elements?
2. Which common mineral is composed entirely of silicon and oxygen?
3. Which one of the following is NOT true for minerals?
4. An atom's mass number is 13 and its atomic number is 6. How many neutrons are in its nucleus?
5. Which mineral has water bound into its structure?
6. Which one of the following mineral groups exhibits a sheet-like silicate structure?
7. Which of the following is correct for isotopes of the same element?
8. The most unreliable (variable) diagnostic property of minerals such as quartz is ________.
9. What element is the most abundant in the Earth's crust by weight?
10. Atoms that have an electrical charge due to a gain or loss of electrons are called ________.
11. Which of the following is NOT one of the eight most common elements in the Earth's crust?
12. Which mineral reacts readily with cool, dilute hydrochloric acid to produce visible bubbles of carbon dioxide gas?
13. Which of the following minerals is a silicate?
14. A cubic centimeter of quartz, olivine, and gold weighs 2.5, 3.0, and 19.8 grams respectively. This indicates that ________.
15. Atoms of the same element, zinc for example, have the same number of ________.
16. Which of the following best defines a mineral and a rock?
17. Which group of minerals are the most abundant in the Earth's crust?
18. Which of the following has the highest specific gravity?
19. Which the following denotes the positively charged particles in an atom's nucleus?
20. A naturally occurring concentration of one or more metallic minerals that can be extracted economically is a(n) ________.
21. The ion at the center of a silicon-oxygen tetrahedron is surrounded by ________.
22. The strong tendency of certain minerals to break along smooth, parallel planes is known as ________.
23. What mineral is the hardest known substance in nature?
24. The resistance of a mineral to abrasion is known as ________.
25. Which of the following describes the light reflecting and transmission characteristics of a mineral?

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