Chemical stuff...
Some shiny things...
Titanium, etc.
Important Dates and something else
100

These properties describe all matter.

What are having mass and taking up space.

100

Pure substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by ordinary chemical means.

What are ELEMENTS?

100

Silicate minerals must have these.

What are SILICON and OXYGEN.....the silicate tetrahedron...SiO4?

100

December 25 is this holiday.

What is CHRISTMAS?

200

Compounds are made up of more than one of these.

What are ELEMENTS?

200

The way light bounces off a mineral's surface is described by the minerals what...

What is LUSTER?

200

 William Gregor came from this area.

What is GREAT BRITAIN?

200

Martin Luther King Jr. day is celebrated on this date this year.

What is January 20, 2025?

300

The scale which scientists use to determine the hardness of minerals

What is the Mohs Hardness Scale?

300

The name for the color of a mineral in powdered form.

What is STREAK?

300

The name of the creator of the Titanium video we watched.

What is NOAH?

300
The date of the STEM Fair for Grade 8 this year.

What is January 24, 2025?

400

Each element is made up of only one kind of these.

What are atoms?

400

A solid, geometric form that results from a repeating pattern of atoms or molecules.

What is a CRYSTAL?

400

Name three positive things about Titanium.

What are strong, light, malleable, doesn't corrode, low density, used in jets, computers, and/or missiles?

400

Catholic Schools Week 2025 begins on this date.

What is SUNDAY, January 26, 2025?

500

Minerals are formed in these THREE ways.

What are magma and lava cooling, by metamorphism, and from solutions?

500

The name of the scientist who discovered titanium.

What is William Gregor?

500

Ways to determine whether an unknown substance is a mineral.

What are is a SOLID, has a DEFINITE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, NATURALLY OCCURRING, USUALLY INORGANIC, and CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE?

500

The way you can identify what TYPE of mineral a mineral is.

What are you would determine the mineral's COLOR, STREAK, LUSTER, CLEAVAGE and FRACTURE, DENSITY, HARDNESS, and SPECIAL PROPERTIES?