Minerals 1
Minerals 2
Minerals 3
Minerals 4
Minerals 5
100
What is the definition of organic?
made from living things
100
what is the definition of inorganic?
not made from living things
100
Rocks are made of______.
Minerals
100
What is the color of a mineral?
What color it is!
100
What does the texture of a mineral mean?
How it feels.
200
Minerals must occur _______ in the Earth's crust.
naturally
200
A mineral's atoms are arranged in a definite _____.
Pattern
200
What is Hardness of a mineral?
what it can scratch
200
What is the cleavage of a mineral?
How it breaks off.
200
What is the streak of a mineral?
What color does it leave on the tile.
300
The repeating pattern minerals are arranged in is called a ______.
crystal
300
What does the luster of a mineral mean?
How it shines in light.
300
What is the softest mineral on Moh's hardness test?
Talc
300
What is the hardest mineral on Moh's hardness test?
Diamond
300

Explain why coral is not a mineral. 

Coral is/was a living thing, it is organic. Minerals are INorganic. 

400

Describe one way that minerals form. 

Answers will vary.

400

Name two colors seen in Halite.

pink, red, white, gray, clear, tan, brown, etc.

400
What is the non-scientific name for halite?
salt
400

What is the process called that involves digging minerals out from below the earth's surface?

Mining

400

Name a mineral and describe at least 1 use for that mineral. 

Answers will vary.

500

There are 2 main ways that minerals are formed. One is from crystallization of....

From cooling liquid magma or lava

500

Name two uses for halite.

food flavoring, clear/melt ice, food preservative, drinks (gatorade), etc.

500

One way that minerals form is from the cooling of magma underground. The other method is...

Method of mineral formation that includes the evaporation of water from a solution leaving crystals behind.

500

Explain why color is not the most effective way to identify the mineral.

Minerals can come in several different colors and share colors with different mineral types. 

500

Describe a mineral and at least 2 of it's uses.

answers will vary

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