Chemistry
This is the smallest building block of all matter.
What is an atom?
This is the natural, nonliving substance that makes up all minerals.
What is a mineral?
Water is made of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. This type of substance is called a ______.
What is a compound?
A mineral must be formed by this process, not made in a factory.
What is naturally occurring?
This state of matter has a definite shape and a definite volume.
What is a solid?
Minerals have a specific arrangement of atoms called this.
What is a crystal structure?
his part of an atom has a positive charge and is found in the nucleus.
What is a proton?
A mineral must always have the same chemical makeup, known as this.
What is a definite chemical composition?
When a liquid changes into a gas, this process occurs.
What is evaporation?
Name two of the five characteristics of minerals.
What are naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, crystal structure, and definite chemical composition?