Intro
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Appoximately, how many minerals are on Earth?
The amount of stuff in an object
What is mass?
The color of a mineral's powder
What is streak?
Kaolinite, Illite used for bricks for example
What are clay minerals
An educated guess
What is a hypothesis?
Diamonds and Graphite are made of the same element
What is Carbon?
the amount of space an object takes
What is volume?
Rectangle, Irregular, Rhombus
What are crystal shapes?
Uses of Feldspar
What are glass and ceramics?
Observations
What is the first step of the scientific method?
Pearls have an organic structure
Why pearls are not considered a mineral?
Mass/Volume
What is density?
A well defined break along a defined plane
What is cleavage?
Mineral used to make sheetrock
What is Gypsum?
The variable you control
What is the independent variable
Naturally occurring, Inorganic, solid, definite chemical composition and ordered structure
What are the five requirements for a mineral?
The way a mineral's surface reflects light
What is luster?
A break that is not well defined
What is a fracture?
Sand is found predominantly in this VA province
What is coastal?
The variable you are observing
What is the Dependent Variable?
Mercury in a thermometer does not meet this requirement for a mineral
What is being solid?
How easily a mineral may be scratched
What is hardness?
Pouring HCL on a mineral
What is the acid test?
Prior to 1848, VA produced a large amount of this mineral
What is gold?
A explanation consistent with all existing tests
What is a theory?