SOPHEA AIZABEL MISSIONA GRADE 11-STEM B

Pre-Test
Let’s Think First
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on a separate sheet of
paper.
1. What is a rock that contains minerals with useful elements?
A. crystal B. ore C. igneous D. sedimentary
2. What pertains to the concentration of minerals with economic value?
A. ore deposit C. rock deposit B. mineral deposit D. crystal deposit
3. What do you call a method of mining which allows the extraction of ores at the Earth’s
surface?
A. placer mining C. open-pit mining B. quarrying D. surfacing mining
4. What method refers to ore extraction which uses the addition of chemicals such as cyanide
or acid?
A. flotation B. smelting C. heap leaching D. quarrying
5. What do you call a milling process in which the metal or mineral is magnetic, and the
crushed ore is separated from the waste materials using a powerful magnet?
A. heavy media separation C. magnetic separation B. flotation D. cyanide heap leaching
6. Which is the source for the aluminum used in soda cans?
A. bauxite B. gypsum C. halite D. copper
7. Which is used in thermometers and in liquid state at room temperature?
A. copper B. mercury C. aluminum D. iron
8. What material is cut and polished for jewelry?
A. ore B. rock C. mineral D. gemstone
9. Which refers to a controlled size reduction followed by grinding where the rocks are
pulverized?
A. recovering B. flotation C. placer-mining D. crushing
10. What material has the highest melting point (3695 K), lowest vapor pressure, and greatest
tensile strength out of all the metals, and is the most commonly used material for light bulb
filaments?
A. copper B. mercury C. iron D. tungsten

Activity 1 Mineral at Home

Directions: Identify the minerals used to create the following household items by choosing your
answer from the box. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
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1. door knob: Zinc 6. matches: ______________

2. soda cans: Chromium 7. thermometer: ______________
3. keys: Nickel 8. incandescent light bulbs: ______________
4. baby powder: ______________ 9. knife: ______________
5. cement: ______________ 10. sunblock: ______________

* Tungsten * Nickel * Aluminum

* Sulfur * Mercury * Chromium
* Zinc * Talc * Limestone

Guide Questions:
1. Why is aluminum used in soda cans?

2. Why is mercury used in thermometers?

3. What are the other uses of sulfur?

4. Why is tungsten used in incandescent light bulbs?

5. What are the other uses of limestone?
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Activity 2 Minerals in the Computer

Directions: Identify the minerals and metals used to build the computer component by choosing
your answers from the box. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Computer monitor:
2. Computer chip:
3. Computer case:
4. Computer circuitry:
5. Electrical cords:

* copper
* silicon, gallium
* calcium carbonate, clays, mica, talc, sulfur
* silicon, lead, strontium, phosphorus, boron, indium, barium
* gold, aluminum, lithium, chromium, silver, nickel, gallium,
lead, zinc copper, steel, tungsten, titanium, cobalt, germanium,
tin, tantalum

Activity 3 Mining and

Milling
Directions: Identify the correct methods of mining ores and the milling processes. Write your
answers on a separate sheet of paper.
1. A milling process in which the crushed rocks are submerged in liquid where the
heavier/denser minerals sink, thus are separated from the lighter minerals. This is
commonly used to separate chalcopyrite from quartz before the refining processes of
extracting copper.
Answer: ________________
2. The powdered ore is placed into an agitated and frothy slurry where some minerals and
metals based on physical and chemical properties may either sink to the bottom or may
stick to the bubbles and rise to the top thus, separating the minerals and metals from the
waste.
Answer: _________________
3. This method used for low-grade gold ore where the crushed rock is placed on a “leach
pile” where cyanide solution is sprayed or dripped on top of the pile. As the leach
solution percolates down through the rocks, the gold is Let’s Do It dissolved into the
solution. The solution is processed further to extract the gold.
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Answer: _________________
4. If the metal or mineral is magnetic, the crushed ore is separated from the waste materials
using a powerful magnet.
Answer: _________________
5. The minerals from the ore and waste materials can involve one or more processes where
in the separation is usually done in a mill.
Answer: _________________

Post-test
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on a separate sheet of
paper.
1. What is a rock that contains minerals with useful elements?
A. crystal B. ore C. igneous D. sedimentary
2. What pertains to the concentration of minerals with economic value?
A. ore deposit C. rock deposit B. mineral deposit D. crystal deposit
3. What do you call a method of mining which allows the extraction of ores at the Earth’s
surface?
A. placer mining C. open-pit mining B. quarrying D. surfacing mining
4. What method refers to ore extraction which uses the addition of chemicals such as cyanide or
acid? A. flotation B. smelting C. heap leaching D. quarrying
5. What do you call a milling process in which the metal or mineral is magnetic, and the crushed
ore is separated from the waste materials using a powerful magnet?
A. heavy media separation C. magnetic separation B. flotation D. cyanide heap leaching
6. Which is the source for the aluminum used in soda cans?
A. bauxite B. gypsum C. halite D. copper
7. Which is used in thermometers and in liquid state at room temperature?
A. copper B. mercury C. aluminum D. iron
8. What material is cut and polished for jewelry?
A. ore B. rock C. mineral D. gemstone
9. Which refers to a controlled size reduction followed by grinding where the rocks are
pulverized?
A. recovering B. flotation C. placer-mining D. crushing
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10.What material has the highest melting point (3695 K), lowest vapor pressure, and greatest
tensile strength out of all the metals, and is the most commonly used material for light bulb
filaments?
A. copper B. mercury C. iron D. tungsten