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Section 13-1 Worksheet(pgs336-339)
Section: What Is a Mineral?
MINERAL STRUCTURE
Circle the letter of the best answer for each question.
1. Which of the following is NOT true about a mineral?
a. It is a solid.
b. It has a crystalline structure.
c. It is not a living thing.
d. It is made in a lab.
Atoms and Compounds
2. What is the smallest part of an element called?
a. an atom
b. a native element
c. a compound
d. a crystal
3. What is a substance made of two or more chemically bonded elements
called?
a. an atom
b. a native element
c. a compound
d. a crystal
Crystals
4. Which of the following is NOT true of crystals?
a. They are solids.
b. They have a geometric form.
c. They are alive.
d. They have a repeating inner structure.
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Directed Reading B continued
TWO GROUPS OF MINERALS
Circle the letter of the best answer for each question.
5. What two groups are minerals divided into?
a. atoms and compounds
b. crystals and solids
c. silicate minerals and nonsilicate minerals
d. hard minerals and soft minerals
Silicate Minerals
Read the words in the box. Read the sentences. Fill in each blank with
the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
feldspar
silicate materials
mica
quartz
6. Minerals that contain oxygen and silicon are called
______________________.
7. The main component of most rocks on the Earth’s surface is
______________________.
8. The mineral ______________________ breaks easily into sheets.
9. The basic building block of many rocks is the mineral
______________________.
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Directed Reading B continued
Nonsilicate Minerals
Read the description. Then, draw a line from the dot next to each
description to the matching word.
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10. contain sulfur and oxygen, SO4
11. composed of only one element
12. contain combinations of carbon
and oxygen
13. contain one or more elements
a.
b.
c.
d.
native elements
carbonates
sulfates
sulfides
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