What is density a ratio of? (HINT: what is the equation for density)
Mass/Volume
100
What is the meaning of streak?
The color of the mineral in powder form
100
Rusting, burning, cooking, and digesting food are all examples of?
Chemical Change
100
This object has luster, is malleable, and a good conductor of heat and electricity. Is it a Metal, Non-metal or Metalloid?
Metal
200
if we have water in a graduated cylinder and we put in an irregular object (rock), what are we finding? and what is this process called?
Volume and Volume Displacement
200
The way that light is reflected is ....
Color
200
If we observe silver reacting with oxygen, we are observing a
Chemical change
200
This object is dull, a poor conductor of heat/electricity, and brittle
Non-Metal
300
Four milliliters of an unknown liquid has a mass of sixteen grams. Identify the unknown substance using the table below.
Substance Density
Liquid A 0.25 g/mL
Liquid B 4 g/mL
Liquid C 25 g/mL
Liquid D 100 g/mL
Liquid B
300
When a mineral breaks along a flat surface, this is known as?
Cleavage
300
Color change, melting ice, crushing a sugar cube, and sharpening a pencil are all examples of
Physical change
300
If an object can be dull or have luster, is a slightly better conductor of heat and electricity, and malleable then it is a
Metalloid
400
In a graduated cylinder there is 15mL of water, two rocks are added and the volume of the water rises by 3mL and the volume is now 18mL. What is the volume of the two rocks?
3mL.
400
Tara was kicking rocks under her feat while sitting on the bench at the playground. While dragging the rocks across the sidewalk she noticed that one of the rocks had scratched the other ..... from these details what could Tara have been observing ?
Hardness
400
If we say that an element is malleable and very lustrous (shiny) we are describing its .....
Physical properties
400
I am as strong as I can get. Pound or bend me, I won’t break. Some people call me a star because I shine!
I am also a great conductor… am I talented or what?
Am I a Metal, Non-Metal, or a Metalloid?
Metal
500
Calculate the density of an object that has a mass of 200g and a volume 40mL.
5g/mL
500
List some different characteristics of minerals .....
Being brittle, malleable, and having the ability to attract magnets and conduct electricity are all examples of what type of properties?
Physical Properties
500
I am sad because I don’t have luster. I feel very old because I get hurt when someone touches me.
I can’t conduct anything either.
Am I a metal, nonmetal, or metalloid?