ERSC181 I005 Winter 2021 Week 1 test ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT FALL-2021/2022 SOLUTION GUARANTEED GRADE A+

Why is color not always reliable when identifying minerals? Question options: because color is subjective because the same mineral can be different colors 4 / 4 points Put the following in order of their abundance, starting with the MOST abundant: carbon, silicon, oxygen, iron, and hydrogen. Question options: carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, iron, and silicon oxygen, carbon, silicon, hydrogen, and iron 4 / 4 points Which two elements are the scarcest in the crust? Question options: silicon and oxygen iron and magnesium 4 / 4 points Which classification of mineral is most dominate in the Earth's crust? Question options: carbonates chlorinate 4 / 4 points Which subatomic particle is NOT found in the nucleus? Question options: proton neutron 4 / 4 points Which element comprises about 27% of the crust? Question options: carbonates oxygen 4 / 4 points These minerals readily dissolve in slightly acidic water? Question options: chlorinate silicates 4 / 4 points Which element comprises about 8% of the crust? Question options: silicon iron 4 / 4 points What building block of matter has either a positive or negative charge? Question options: atom isotope 4 / 4 points A silicate tetrahedron is composed of what? Question options: four oxygen atoms and four silicon atoms one oxygen atom and four silicon atoms 4 / 4 points Which mineral group is composed of tetrahedrons? Question options: carbonates evaporites 4 / 4 points The way a mineral reflects light is called what? Question options: fracture cleavage 4 / 4 points Which of the following is considered to be composed of a mineral? Question options: your teeth glass (un-ordered atoms) lab-grown diamond coal