Minerals/Metals/Alkalis/Quiz

Alkali minerals is a lecture from the school of geology. It is about solid, crystalline substances containing the alkaline earth elements of the periodic table that occur in and compose astronomical objects. It focuses on materials that may occur on the surface of or associated with some astronomical objects.

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{Yes or No, Radium is an alkaline earth element. + Yes - No
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{Carnotite is a potassium uranium { vanadate (i) } radioactive mineral.
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{Yes or No, Potassium is an alkaline earth element. - Yes + No
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{Autunite occurs as an oxidizing product of uranium minerals in granite pegmatites and hydrothermal { deposits (i) }.
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{True or False, Magnesium is an alkali earth element. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: Elements usually emit a { gamma ray|gamma-ray (i) } during nuclear { decay (i) } or { fission (i) }.
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{True or False, Alkali minerals, or alkali metal minerals, are those with unusually high concentrations, atomic per cents, or weight per cents, of the alkali elements. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Carnotite is a mineral that may be associated with which phenomena? + varying water content + small amounts of calcium, barium, magnesium, iron, and sodium + a bright to greenish yellow mineral - demonstrating that Venus was once a comet + amounts as low as one percent will color sandstone a bright yellow. + an important uranium ore + usually found in sedimentary rocks in arid climates
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{Yes or No, Francium is an alkali metal. + Yes - No
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{A terrestrial planet is composed primarily of? { silicate rocks|metals|silicates|rocks (i) }
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{Yes or No, Caesium is an alkali element. + Yes - No
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{The primary source of the world's thorium is the rare-earth, and thorium, phosphate mineral { monazite (i) }.
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{Yes or No, Rubidium is an alkaline earth element. - Yes + No
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{Complete the text: The extremely rare element technetium can be found in { uraninite|pitchblende (i) } in very small quantities (about 0.2 ng/kg), produced by the { spontaneous (i) } fission of uranium-238.
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{True or False, Lithium is an actinide element. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Which geochemical phenomena are associated with magnesium? + forsterite - lightning + dolomite + whitlockite - gypsum - water worn, small, heavy, black, cubic crystals
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{True or False, Potassium is an alkali metal. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Uranophane is a rare calcium uranium { nesosilicate (i) } hydrate mineral.
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{True or False, Beryllium is an actinide element. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Yes or No, Calcium is an alkali metal. - Yes + No
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{Yes or No, Natrium is an alkaline earth metal. - Yes + No
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Alkali metals are often found in all rocks.