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100
What is the definition of organic?
made from living things
100
what is the definition of inorganic?
not made from living things
100
Rocks are made of______.
Minerals
100
What is the color of a mineral?
What color it is!
100
What does the texture of a mineral mean?
How it feels.
200
Minerals must occur _______ in the Earth's crust.
naturally
200
A mineral's atoms are arranged in a definite _____.
Pattern
200
What is Hardness of a mineral?
what it can scratch
200
What is the cleavage of a mineral?
How it breaks off.
200
What is the streak of a mineral?
What color does it leave on the tile.
300
The repeating pattern minerals are arranged in is called a ______.
crystal
300
What does the luster of a mineral mean?
How it shines in light.
300
What is the softest mineral on Moh's hardness test?
Talc
300
What is the hardest mineral on Moh's hardness test?
Diamond
300
Copper Ore starts as ____.
Rock
400
At the end of the process, copper is _____ % pure.
99.99
400
Name five colors seen in Halite.
pink, red, white, gray, clear, tan, brown, etc.
400
What is the non-scientific name for halite?
salt
400
What machine makes copper ore into basketball sized rocks?
Rock crushers.
400
What is the most famous salt deposit in Utah?
Bonneville Salt Flats
500
Explain how the crystals in a geode are formed.
Answers will vary.
500
Name four uses for halite.
food flavoring, clear/melt ice, food preservative, drinks (gatorade), etc.
500
Halfway through the process, copper is _____% pure.
28
500
Name one way halite is formed.
answers will vary
500
name another way halite is formed.
answers will vary