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,Earth Science 15th Edition Tarbuck Test Bank
Exam
Name___________________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) The first minerals to be mined (over 6000 years ago) were ________ and ________. 1)
A) lead; quartz B) gold; silver C) copper; bronze D) flint; chert
Answer: D
2) Which of the following is not a criterion for defining something as a mineral? 2)
A) naturally occurring B) generally inorganic
C) orderly crystalline structure D) hard
Answer: D
3) Which of the following is a mineral as defined by a geologist? 3)
A) concrete B) salt C) sugar D) boulder E) water
Answer: B
4) Why are boulders not a mineral? 4)
A) They are organic.
B) They are not naturally occurring.
C) They are not solid.
D) They do not have an orderly crystalline structure.
E) They do not have a well-defined chemical composition.
Answer: E
5) Limestone is composed almost entirely of calcite, which has the chemical formula CaCO3 . As a 5)
result, limestone is classified as ________.
A) a rock
B) a mineral
C) both a mineral and a rock
D) neither a mineral nor a rock because it is organic
Answer: A
6) Which of the following best defines a mineral and a rock? 6)
A) A rock consists of atoms bonded in a regular, geometrically predictable arrangement; a
mineral is a consolidated aggregate of different rock particles.
B) A rock has an orderly, repetitive, geometrical, internal arrangement of minerals; a mineral is a
lithified or consolidated aggregate of rocks.
C) A mineral consists of its constituent atoms arranged in a geometrically repetitive structure; in
a rock, the atoms are randomly bonded without any geometric pattern.
D) In a mineral the constituent atoms are bonded in a regular, repetitive, internal structure; a
rock is a lithified or consolidated aggregate of different mineral grains.
Answer: D
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, 7) Which one of the following is not true for minerals? 7)
A) They can be identified by characteristic physical properties.
B) They can be a liquid, solid, or gas.
C) They have a specific, internal, crystalline structure.
D) Many have a specific, predictable chemical composition.
Answer: B
8) The basic building blocks for halite are ________ and ________. 8)
A) Na; Cl B) Ca; K C) Al; O D) C; Si
Answer: A
9) Which of the following is not a fundamental particle found in atoms? 9)
A) electron B) neutron C) protons D) selectron
Answer: D
10) Atoms of the same element, zinc for example, have the same number of ________. 10)
A) protons in the nucleus B) neutrons in the outer nuclear shell
C) electrons in the valence bond level D) electrons in the nucleus
Answer: A
11) Which the following denotes the positively charged particles in an atom's nucleus? 11)
A) protons B) electrons C) neutrons D) isotrons
Answer: A
12) An atom's mass number is 13 and its atomic number is 6. How many neutrons are in its nucleus? 12)
A) 13 B) 6 C) 7 D) 19
Answer: C
13) Heavy elements like Pb (lead) and U (Uranium) were generated ________. 13)
A) by the Sun and expelled to the solar system via the solar wind
B) during collapse of a star and subsequent nuclear synthesis in a supernova
C) by humans in nuclear reactors
D) during the big band when the universe was formed
Answer: B
14) Which of the following minerals is not a chemical compound? 14)
A) quartz (SiO2 ) B) graphite (C) C) pyrite (FeS) D) halite (NaCl)
Answer: B
15) When Calcium (Ca) bonds with oxygen, it gives up two electrons. What is the charge of the Ca ion 15)
in this compound?
A) -2 B) -1 C) +2 D) +1
Answer: C
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TEST BANK
,Earth Science 15th Edition Tarbuck Test Bank
Exam
Name___________________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) The first minerals to be mined (over 6000 years ago) were ________ and ________. 1)
A) lead; quartz B) gold; silver C) copper; bronze D) flint; chert
Answer: D
2) Which of the following is not a criterion for defining something as a mineral? 2)
A) naturally occurring B) generally inorganic
C) orderly crystalline structure D) hard
Answer: D
3) Which of the following is a mineral as defined by a geologist? 3)
A) concrete B) salt C) sugar D) boulder E) water
Answer: B
4) Why are boulders not a mineral? 4)
A) They are organic.
B) They are not naturally occurring.
C) They are not solid.
D) They do not have an orderly crystalline structure.
E) They do not have a well-defined chemical composition.
Answer: E
5) Limestone is composed almost entirely of calcite, which has the chemical formula CaCO3 . As a 5)
result, limestone is classified as ________.
A) a rock
B) a mineral
C) both a mineral and a rock
D) neither a mineral nor a rock because it is organic
Answer: A
6) Which of the following best defines a mineral and a rock? 6)
A) A rock consists of atoms bonded in a regular, geometrically predictable arrangement; a
mineral is a consolidated aggregate of different rock particles.
B) A rock has an orderly, repetitive, geometrical, internal arrangement of minerals; a mineral is a
lithified or consolidated aggregate of rocks.
C) A mineral consists of its constituent atoms arranged in a geometrically repetitive structure; in
a rock, the atoms are randomly bonded without any geometric pattern.
D) In a mineral the constituent atoms are bonded in a regular, repetitive, internal structure; a
rock is a lithified or consolidated aggregate of different mineral grains.
Answer: D
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, 7) Which one of the following is not true for minerals? 7)
A) They can be identified by characteristic physical properties.
B) They can be a liquid, solid, or gas.
C) They have a specific, internal, crystalline structure.
D) Many have a specific, predictable chemical composition.
Answer: B
8) The basic building blocks for halite are ________ and ________. 8)
A) Na; Cl B) Ca; K C) Al; O D) C; Si
Answer: A
9) Which of the following is not a fundamental particle found in atoms? 9)
A) electron B) neutron C) protons D) selectron
Answer: D
10) Atoms of the same element, zinc for example, have the same number of ________. 10)
A) protons in the nucleus B) neutrons in the outer nuclear shell
C) electrons in the valence bond level D) electrons in the nucleus
Answer: A
11) Which the following denotes the positively charged particles in an atom's nucleus? 11)
A) protons B) electrons C) neutrons D) isotrons
Answer: A
12) An atom's mass number is 13 and its atomic number is 6. How many neutrons are in its nucleus? 12)
A) 13 B) 6 C) 7 D) 19
Answer: C
13) Heavy elements like Pb (lead) and U (Uranium) were generated ________. 13)
A) by the Sun and expelled to the solar system via the solar wind
B) during collapse of a star and subsequent nuclear synthesis in a supernova
C) by humans in nuclear reactors
D) during the big band when the universe was formed
Answer: B
14) Which of the following minerals is not a chemical compound? 14)
A) quartz (SiO2 ) B) graphite (C) C) pyrite (FeS) D) halite (NaCl)
Answer: B
15) When Calcium (Ca) bonds with oxygen, it gives up two electrons. What is the charge of the Ca ion 15)
in this compound?
A) -2 B) -1 C) +2 D) +1
Answer: C
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