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1Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.Foundations of Earth Science, 8e(Lutgens/Tarbuck/Tasa)Chapter 1Matter and Minerals1.1Multiple-Choice Questions1) Which of the following best defines the relationship between minerals and rocks?A) A rock has an orderly, repetitive, geometrical, internal arrangement of minerals; a mineral is alithified or consolidated aggregate of rocks.B) A mineral consists of atoms arranged in a geometrically repetitive structure; in a rock, theatoms are randomly bonded without any geometric pattern.C) In a mineral, atoms are bonded in a regular, repetitive, internal structure; a rock is a lithifiedor consolidated aggregate of mineral grains.D) A rock consists of atoms bonded in a regular, geometrically predictable arrangement; amineral is a consolidated aggregate of rock particles.Answer: CDiff: 1Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/UnderstandingGlobal Sci Out: G2, G7Section: 1.1 Minerals: Building Blocks of RocksFocus/Concepts: 1.1ESLI: 1.2 Earth scientists use a large variety of scientific principles to understand how ourplanet works.2) All of the atoms making up any given element have the same number of ________.A) electrons in the nucleusB) protons in the nucleusC) neutrons in the outer nuclear shellD) electrons in the outermost valence shellAnswer: BDiff: 1Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/UnderstandingGlobal Sci Out: G2Section: 1.2 Atoms: Building Blocks of MineralsFocus/Concepts: 1.2ESLI: 1.2 Earth scientists use a large variety of scientific principles to understand how ourplanet works.

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