1. Which of the following statements about the chemical combination of atoms to form compounds is NOT true?
Compounds form when atoms are more stable in a combined form.
When atoms combine, they gain, lose, or share electrons.
When atoms combine, they are at a lower energy state.
Compounds form when atoms are less stable in a combined form.
2. Compounds with high melting points have _____.
covalent bonds
metallic bonds
ionic bonds
no chemical bonds
3. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of minerals?
crystalline structure
formed by inorganic processes
definite chemical composition
either liquid or solid
4. Why is ice in a glacier considered to be a mineral, but water from a glacier is not?
Water is not naturally occurring.
Water does not have a chemical composition.
Ice is not naturally occurring.
Ice is a solid, but water is not.
5. Mineral formation caused by high pressures and high temperatures would most likely occur in which of the following environments?
a lava flow
the ocean
a cave
deep within Earth
Compounds form when atoms are more stable in a combined form.
When atoms combine, they gain, lose, or share electrons.
When atoms combine, they are at a lower energy state.
Compounds form when atoms are less stable in a combined form.
2. Compounds with high melting points have _____.
covalent bonds
metallic bonds
ionic bonds
no chemical bonds
3. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of minerals?
crystalline structure
formed by inorganic processes
definite chemical composition
either liquid or solid
4. Why is ice in a glacier considered to be a mineral, but water from a glacier is not?
Water is not naturally occurring.
Water does not have a chemical composition.
Ice is not naturally occurring.
Ice is a solid, but water is not.
5. Mineral formation caused by high pressures and high temperatures would most likely occur in which of the following environments?
a lava flow
the ocean
a cave
deep within Earth