GROUP 2: MINERALS

Quiz Format

TEST I. Multiple Choice

Direction. Choose the correct answer from the given questions.

1. What is an inorganic substance that exists naturally and has a specific crystalline structure
and chemical composition?
A. Metal
B. Polymer
C. Mineral
D. Organic compound
Answer: C.

2. What is the study of the characteristics, divisions, and occurrences of minerals?

A. Petrology
B. Seismology
C. Geophysics
D. Mineralogy
Answer: D.

3. Why is oxygen considered as the most abundant element in the Earth’s crust?
A. It is because oxygen is a highly reactive element that combines with other elements,
forming oxides.
B. It is because oxygen displaces deadly free radicals, neutralizes environmental toxins,
and destroys anaerobic bacteria, parasites, microbes and viruses.
C. It is because oxygen is obtained chiefly from the minerals hematite and magnetite.
D. All of the above.
Answer: A.

4. What is the softest mineral having a Mohr's hardness scale of 1?

A. Calcite
B. Hematite
C. Quartz
D. Talc
Answer: D.

5. It is known as the backbone of construction projects. Essential for creating concrete and as a
key ingredient in road construction.
A. Limestone
B. Copper
C. Gypsum
D. Sand and Gravel
Answer: D.
6. This kind of pollution occurs when chemical agents (such as cyanide or sulphuric acid used
by mining companies to separate the target mineral from the ore) spill, leak, or leach from the
mine site into nearby water bodies.
A. Water Pollution
B. Air Pollution
C. Processing Chemicals Pollution
D. Soil Pollution
Answer: C.

7. Hardness: 2.5 on Mohs scale.

A. Hematite
B. Hemateti
C. Galena
D. Milky Quartz
Answer: C.

8. There are over _____ minerals on Earth, but only _____ are commonly found and
about _____ minerals make up the majority of the rocks on Earth.
A. 2000, 100, 50
B. 3000, 88, 20
C. 2000, 100, 30
D. 1000, 50, 8
Answer: C

9. What property of a mineral determines its relative density when compared to water?
A. Chemical composition
B. Floatation
C. Specific gravity
D. Streak
Answer: C.

10. Minerals that are used to create sparks and starter fires before matches/lighters were
common.
A. Flint
B. Lighter
C. Match
D. Pyrite
Answer: D.
11. Substances that contain carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bonds.
A. Inorganic
B. Organic
C. Mineral
D. Natural
Answer: B.

12. In 1822, he invented the Mohs scale of hardness in order to identify a particular mineral
based on their resistance to scratch
A. Ferdinand Mohs
B. Francis Mohs
C. Friedrich Mohs
D. Fridolf Mohs
Answer: C.

13. Minerals can only be created by ________ that occur in our universe.
A. Natural Processes
B. Artificial Processes
C. Environmental Processes
D. Geological Processes
Answer: A.

14. Ability to get attracted to a magnet.

A. Magnetic Behavior
B. Repulsiveness
C. Magnetism
D. Electromagnetism
Answer: C.

15. It is the first criterion for a mineral. It describes a substance in which the atoms are
arranged in a regular, repeating, orderly pattern.
A. Geometric Shape
B. Luster
C. Crystallinity
D. Atomic Structure
Answer: C.
TEST II. Modified True or False
Direction. Write TRUE on the space provided if the statement is correct. Write FALSE if
otherwise. Then, CHANGE THE IDENTIFIED WORD/s (in bold) to make the statement true and
place your answer on the space provided.
Note: Answer format: (TRUE | FALSE - Right answer)

1. The substances that form overtime through geological processes are natural substances.
A. Mineral
B. Organic
C. Natural
D. Inorganic
Answer: FALSE - Inorganic

2. Cleavage is the property of some minerals to break along parallel repetitive planes of
weakness to form smooth, flat surfaces.
Answer: TRUE

3. Heime is a Greek word that means blood.

Answer: FALSE - Haima

4. The gradual process that occurs when the impact of water or wind detaches and removes soil
particles, causing the soil to deteriorate is called deforestation.
Answer: FALSE - Soil Erosion

5. The picture below is a mineral called graphite.

Answer: TRUE

6. Copper is employed in electrical wiring and plumbing systems. The Statue of Liberty stands
tall with its known exterior.
Answer: TRUE

7. Color is a physical property of a mineral that identifies its color in powdered form.
Answer: FALSE - Streak

Test IV: Enumeration

1. Give atleast 2 electrolyte minerals.
Answers: Sodium, Potassium, Magnesium, and or Chlorine

2. Steel is made up of what elements and or minerals.

Answers: Iron and Carbon

Bonus Question:

1. What is Kinimpimparahas?
A. Plural word for Kimpampara.
B. This word came from Australia which means “we are called conquered for less”.
C. This term is also known as “kinimpamparahusavility”
D. All of the above.