Question

minerals made up of a single element are sometimes called
A) Sheet materials
B) native elements
C) silicate minerals
D) independent tetrahedral elements

Answer 1

native elements are composed of atoms from a single element

Answer 2

Answer:

B - Native elements

Explanation:

Native elements are minerals formed by free elements, which are not combined with atoms of other elements(or by solutions involving related elements such as silver and gold.)

Among the native elements, six of them, for example, are noble gases(Helium - He, Neon - Ne, Argon - Ar, Krypton - Kr, Xenon - Xe and Radon - Rn), which are chemically inert and therefore do not constitute chemical compounds.