Properties of Minerals
What is the hardness mineral known on the Moh's Hardness Scale?
Diamond
These rocks form when heat and pressure cause changes in igneous and sedimentary rocks
Metamorphic
___ are aggregates of minerals
Rocks
Rocks and minerals make up the earth's _____
crust
How would you describe the color of sulfur?
Yellow
Three major groups into which rocks are classified: ____, ____, and _____
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
The study of the properties, origin, classification, and composition and use of minerals is _____
mineralogy
Mineral under natural light is a useful identifying feature.
Color
You will need a paperclip, penny and your fingernail, what property am I trying to find?
Hardness
_____ metamorphic rocks are rocks that do not have a layered banded appearance.
Nonfoliated
___ solid inorganic elements or elemental compounds, have an atomic structure
Minerals
Basalt is which type of rock.
Igneous
If I rub a mineral on a streak plate I am trying to find the minerals ______
Streak
____ sedimentary rocks are rocks that form when minerals dissolved in water chemically precipitate from the water.
Chemical
is a negatively charged atom.
Anion
A ____ rock is made up of a bunch of different rocks
Conglomerate
Talc has a hardness of _____
1
Rocks that are formed when magma is trapped below the surface of the earth and cools are known as ____ igneous rocks
intrusive
____ are particles of rocks and minerals produced by existing rock.
Sediments
____ causes environmental issues and concerns, including pollution, habitat destruction, deforestation, deforestation, and aesthetics.
Mining