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A possible answer or solution.
What is a hypothesis?
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A hypothesis that has been tested and has evidence.
What is a theory?
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A theory that has stood the test of time.
What is a law?
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The part of an experiment that is being tested, that you have no control over.
What is a variable?
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The group in an experiment that is not being tested, or the part of an experiment that is controlled by you.
What is a control?
200
A belief without any evidence or proof.
What is a superstition?
200
A pure substance made up all the same kinds of atoms.
What is an element?
200
The smallest part of an element.
What is an atom?
200
An element or compound found in nature, formed in the earth.
What is a mineral?
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A form of predjudice or taking sides unfairly.
What is bias?
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T make a judgement or form an opinion based on an observation.
What is an inference?
300
Mining that takes place on the surface.
What is surface mining, or strip mining?
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A rock from which we get valuable minerals and metals.
What is an ore?
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The measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched by various tools.
What is hardness?
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Two or more different elments combined chemically.
What is a compound?
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A geometric shape that all minerals form.
What is a crystal?
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When a mineral breaks evenly along a flat plane.
What is cleavage?
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When a mineral breaks along an uneven or jagged plane.
What is fracture?
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The color of mark a mineral makes on unglazed tile.
What is streak?
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The shine or reflection of light of a mineral.
What is luster?
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Mining that takes place below ground.
What is sub surface, or deep mining?
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The mass of a substance dived by the volume of a substance.
What is density?
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When something does not come from any living source.
What is inorganic?
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When something comes from a living source.
What is organic?
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To replace, repair, and restore the surroundings after mining.
What is reclamation?