Minerals cannot be a liquid or a gas, therefore they must be a ____________
Solid
100
The color of the powder left behind when a mineral is scratched along a hard surface is called a mineral's ___________
Streak
100
If a liquid evaporates and leaves behind traces or crystals of minerals, those minerals are formed from ______________
Evaporation of a solution
100
The outermost layer of the earth is called the
Crust
100
The flow that transfers heat within a fluid is called a _________ __________
Convection current
200
Minerals are not man-made, instead, they are _____________
Naturally occurring
200
When a mineral is broken apart, the way that it breaks is called it's
Cleavage or fracture
200
More can be dissolved into ___________ water than __________ water
Hot, cold
200
The layer of the earth directly underneath the crust is called the ____________
Mantle
200
Heat moves from ________ areas to _______ areas.
Warmer, cooler
300
The different types of minerals each have extremely specific molecules (or ingredients), that make them up. This is called a mineral's ________________
Definite chemical recipe
300
If we say that a mineral has a metallic shine, we are talking about the mineral's ___________
Luster
300
Molten rock and metal found inside the earth is called _________________
Magma
300
The sphere in Earth's system that contains all living things is called the
Biosphere
300
When heat is passed between objects that are touching, it is called __________
Conduction
400
A repeating pattern of molecules in a mineral creates the mineral's ______________
Crystal Structure
400
Minerals can be identified based on their density, which is the relationship of ___________ to ____________
Mass, volume
400
When magma and lava cool, they form _________
Crystals
400
The sphere in Earth's system that contains all rocks, dirt, and minerals is the _________
Geosphere
400
Of the 5 properties of minerals, a substance must have ____ of the 5 in order to be considered a mineral
5 (all)
500
If a mineral comes from something that was never living, it is said to come from an ____________ process.
Inorganic process
500
What is the name of the 1-10 ranking system for how hard a mineral is?
The Mohs Hardness Scale
500
Molten rock and metal that has been pushed above Earth's surface is called __________________
Lava
500
The section of molten rock and metal underneath the mantle is called the _______ ________