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1.Match the mineral resource with the item it goes into making. Pencil Toothpast

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Question

1.Match the mineral resource with the item it goes into making.

Pencil

Toothpaste

Baby Powder

Drywall

Cell phones/laptops

Batteries

Lead

Gypsum

Tantalum

Talc

Graphite

Flourite

2.Choose all that apply. Which of the following statements are part of the geoscience (not dietary) definition or the word "mineral".

Naturally occuring

Specific composition

Definite crystal structure

Solid

Man - made (e.g gold bars)

Organic

None of the above

3.Mica is a common ingredient in makeup. Mica adds shimmer to eye shadows, nail polish, etc. Mica is also found in car paint. What mineral property does mica have that provides this shimmer? Choose all that apply

a.Fracture

b.Cleavage

c.Luster

d.Hardness

e.Specific Gravity

f.Color

4.The mineral resources that we've been learning about are, in general, renewable, i.e. nature makes more during a human lifetime.

True or False

5.Match each mineral to their appropriate description.

Mineral can dissolve in water

Mineral has no cleavage

Mineral is commonly used in cleaning

products/abrasives

Mineral has double refraction (one image displayed twice)

Halite

Quartz

Calcite

Garnet

  

Pencil

.   

Toothpaste

Baby Powder

.   

Drywall

Cell phones/laptops

  

Batteries

A.

Lead

B.

Gypsum

C.

Tantalum

D.

Talc

E.

Graphite

F.

Flourite

Explanation / Answer

Naturally occuring, Specific composition, Definite crystal structure, Solid

Explanation: Mineral is naturally occuring , solid crystal structure having a specific composition.

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