Question
Based on the definition of a mineral, which of the choices below includes minerals only? View Available Hint(s) synthetic diamonds and gold wood, ice, and gold water, ice, gold, and synthetic diamonds ice, water, wood, gold and synthetic diamonds gold and ice
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Denilson
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Resposta
A
Explicação
## Step 1A mineral is defined as a naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition and an ordered atomic arrangement. This definition excludes any substances that are not naturally occurring, are organic, or do not have a definite chemical composition and an ordered atomic arrangement.## Step 2Synthetic diamonds and gold are both inorganic solids with a definite chemical composition and an ordered atomic arrangement. Therefore, they meet the definition of a mineral.## Step 3Wood and ice are not minerals because they are organic and do not have a definite chemical composition and an ordered atomic arrangement.## Step 4Water, while it can exist in a solid form (ice), is not a mineral because it does not have a definite chemical composition and an ordered atomic arrangement.## Step 5Therefore, the only choice that includes substances that are minerals is "synthetic diamonds and gold".