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True or False: Minerals are natural, solid, and organic.
False: minerals are natural solid and INORGANIC
True or False: Pearls are not minerals.
True
What is the difference between minerals and rocks?
Teacher judges answer: Rocks can contain one or more type of minerals
What are the three types of rocks? classified according to how they are formed
Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic
True or False: igneous rocks are formed from fragments of other rocks or parts of dead living things.
FALSE: Sedimentary rocks are formed from fragments of rocks or parts of dead living things.
What is the name of extraction of minerals and rocks from the ground?
Mining
What are the two types of mining?
underground and surface
True or False: Earthquakes and thunderstorms are internal geological processes that shape landforms?
FALSE: Earthquakes and volcanoes are internal geological processes that shape landforms.
Name 3 examples of EXTERNAL geological agents that change the Earth's surface.
Examples include: surface water, underground water, wind, glaciers, seas, living things, etc
Yes or no: can humans be considered geological agents? If yes, provide an example of how.
YES; hunting, mining, building cities, dam-building, farming, road constructions, production of waste, etc
Is chocolate a mineral? Why or why not?
chocolate is not a mineral, it is not inoraganic or natural
What is calima?
Teacher judges answer: Calima is sand or dust from the Sahara which is transported by the wind.
True or False: Deposition is the wearing down of rocks and soil by the action of water and wind.
FALSE: Erosion is the wearing down of rocks and soil by water and wind.
Name a silicate mineral.
For example: feldspar or quartz
Name a non-silicate mineral.
For example: gypsum or fluorite
True or false: turquoise is a mineral.
true
