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How Minerals Are Formed

Quiz by Trina Hope-Ross

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  • Q1
    a hollow stone found on the earth that is lined on the inside with crystals
    Geode
    30s
  • Q2
    The process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure
    Crystallization
    30s
  • Q3
    A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
    Magma
    30s
  • Q4
    Magma that reaches Earth's surface
    Lava
    30s
  • Q5
    Solid material with atoms arranged in a repeating pattern
    Crystals
    30s
  • Q6
    A mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another.
    Solution
    30s
  • Q7
    A metal that does not contain any other materials
    Pure Metal
    30s
  • Q8
    a narrow channel or slab mineral that is different from the surrounding rock
    Veins
    30s
  • Q9
    mineral that is valuable because of its exceptional beauty, colour and rarity;
    gemstone
    30s
  • Q10
    Rocks that contain enough of a mineral to be mined for a profit
    ores
    30s
  • Q11
    physical search for minerals
    prospect
    30s
  • Q12
    the process or industry of obtaining minerals from a mine.
    mining
    30s
  • Q13
    The process by which ore is melted to separate the useful metal from other elements.
    smelting
    30s

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