Minerals and Rocks

MINERALS AND ROCKS

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The world needs you! Travel around the Universe and show everything you know about Rocks and Minerals. Gather all the materials you need to save the Planet Earth. We are counting on you!

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We need your help! Travel around the Universe, show everything you know about rocks and minerals and snatch the materials from invadors. Finally find the key to disable the missel that could detroy Earth. The world trusts you!!

The planet Earth has been invaded! The invadors stole two minerals and two rocks, whith which they could destroy our entire planet they just have ti put the 4 materials together and... PUM! ... our planet will be reduced to ashed.

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1. What is a rock?

a) It is consolidated material composed of one or more minerals, as a consequence of a biological process

b) It is an artificial aggregate of one or more minerals as

c) It is consolidated material composed of one or more minerals, as a consequence of a geological process.

2. What is a mineral?

a) It is an inorganic solid of natural origin that has a fixed chemical composition and an ordered internal structure

b) It is an organic solid of natural origin that has a fixed chemical composition and an ordered internal structure

c) It is an organic solid of natural origin that has a varied chemical composition and an ordered internal structure

3. Choose the answer that names a rock and a mineral

a) Slate and Marble

b) Granite and Quartz

c) Zinc and Titanium

GRANITE

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1. Which properties depend on interaction with light?

a) Color, Luster, Transparency and Fluorescence

b) Luster, Color, Crystal Form and Fluorescence

c) Color, Fluorescence, Solubility and Luster

2. What is the mineral Cleavage?

a) Breakage of a mineral along an regular surface.

b) How it breaks when put under stress

c) Breakage of a mineral along an irregular surface.

3. Crystal form describes...

a) relationship between the mass of a mineral and the volume it occupies

b) ease of a mineral to transmit electric current

c) the appearance and shape of the mineral

QUARTZ

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1. Choose the answer which indicates 3 chemical compositions of minerals´ classification:

a) Sulfides, ribulose and carbonates

b) Halides, ribulose and carbonates

c) Sulfides, Halides and carbonates

2. Clastic Rocks are the one formed by:

a) accumulation of materials on the surface

b) high heat and pressure

c) other rock fragments

3. Rocks which solidification occurs on the inside are called:

a) Intrusive Rocks

b) Metamorphic Rocks

c) Sedimentary Rocks

MARBLE

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1. Pyrite is a mineral of use for:

a) Construction

b) Jewelry

c) Chemical industry

2. Marble is a rock of use for:

a) Ornamental purposes

b) Construction

c) Energy industry

3. Which are the 4 steps of the rocks´ cycle?

a) Heat and pressure, melting, evaporation and cooling

b) Heat and pressure, condensation, cooling and weathering and erosion

c) Heat and pressure, melting, cooling and weathering and erosion

Diamond

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1. Rocks can be defined as:

a) Waste materials from blast furnaces

b) Manufactured materials in the chemical industries

c) Naturally formed composed of grains of one or more minerals

2. Which mineral properties depend on its composition and structure?

a) Density, conductivity and crystal form

b) Color, luster and transparency

c) Fractures, hardness and cleavage

3. Which of the following statements is correct?

a) Luster is a mineral property which defines its color

b) Igneous rocks are formed in layers as in sediment

c) Sulfides are composed by of sulfur and a metal

4. The step from magma to Igneous Rocks is called:

a) Melting

b) Cooling

c) Cementation

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