Question Which one(s) of these subatomic particles are found in the atom nucleus?
Answer
  A. Proton
  B. Neutron
C. All of above
  D. None of above
 
       
 
Question What happen if we add one electron to an atom?
Answer
A. It becomes negatively charged and we call it anion
  B. It becomes positively charged and we call it cation
  C. It becomes positively charged and it is converted into a cation of the next element in the periodic table
  D. None of above
 
       
 
Question What happens when we add one proton to an atom?
Answer
  A. It becomes negatively charged and we call it anion
  B. It becomes positively charged and we call it cation
C. It becomes positively charged and it is converted into a cation of the next element in the periodic table
  D. None of above
 
       
 
Question Which bonding force is stronger?
Answer
  A. Ionic bonding
B. Covalent bonding
  C. Van der Waals
  D. Metallic bonding
 
       
 
Question Rank the following minerals by their hardness from greatest (first) to least (last).
Answer
  A. fluorite,gypsum,diamond
B. corundum, apatite, talc
  C. talc, apatite, corundum
  D. None of the above
 
       
 
Question Why are feldspars and micas important to the formation of rocks?
Answer
  A. They really are not important in this regard
  B. All of the below
C. These minerals weather to clays
  D. These minerals are the principal minerals in the mantle
 
       
 
Question Are the ions of the elements Cl and O more likely to lose electrons.
Answer
  True
Selected False
 
       
 
Question The Carbonate ion, the Phosphate ion, the Silicate ion, the Sulphide ion and the oxide ion are examples of ...
Answer cations
anions
minerals
all of the above
 
 
       
 
Question Diagenesis, or the transformation of sediments into sedimentary rocks, includes
Answer
  A) Compaction
  B) Dewatering
  C) Cementation
D) All of above
 
       
 
Question Voclanoes can form at ...
Answer
  A) Convergent plate boundaries
  B) Divergent plate boundaries
  C)Hot spots
D)All of the above
  E) Transform-fault plate boundaries
 
       
 
Question Pre-existing rocks that are transformed into new and different rocks by the action of additional pressure and temperature at depth are called...
Answer
  A) Igneous Rocks
B)Metamorphic Rocks
  C) Sedimentary Rocks
  D) ll of the above
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