Minerals 1
A mineral's atoms are arranged in a definite _____.
Pattern or crystal structure
What is a method of measuring the hardness?
what it can scratch/ mohs hardness scale
Explain why coral is not a mineral.
Coral is/was a living thing, it is organic. Minerals are INorganic.
There are 2 main ways that minerals are formed. One is from evaporation and another is....
From cooling liquid magma or lava
What two cities is Ms. Ransdell going over Thanksgiving?
Florence and Rome
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.
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.
Describe a mineral and at least 2 of it's uses.
answers will vary
Describe one way that minerals form.
Answers will vary.
Name all 5 characteristics of a mineral
Inorganic, solid, naturally occuring, definite chemical composition, crystal structure
inorganic, no crystal structure
What is the process called that involves digging minerals out from below the earth's surface?
Mining
Name a mineral and describe at least 1 use for that mineral.
Answers will vary.