Because minerals do not come from living things, they are said to be _________
What is inorganic
100
The softest mineral on the Mohs scale is _______
What is talc?
100
When a mineral is streaked on a plate this is left behind that we look at?
What is powder?
100
Which property of a mineral requires no tools or scales or other equipment to determine its property?
What is color?
100
This describes how a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way.
What is fracture?
200
When a substance's particles can't flow freely and keep their shape they are _________
What is a solid
200
The hardest mineral on the Mohs scale is ______
What is diamond?
200
Several minerals streak the same color; does that mean they are the same mineral?
What is "no"
200
What tool would you need discover whether a mineral has fracture?
What is a hammer?
200
The word inorganic means ________.
What is it was not formed by organisms or from the remains of organisms?
300
The way a mineral looks when it breaks in an irregular way.
What is fracture?
300
Moh's scale of hardness measures a mineral's resistance to __________.
What is scratching?
300
What property of a mineral indicates that it has cleavage?
What is smooth faces?
300
The property, when finding density, that is labeled with centimeters cubed, is _________
What is volume?
400
A mineral's ability to split easily along flat surfaces.
What is cleavage?
400
A mineral can scratch any mineral _______than itself.
What is softer?
400
In order to find the density of a mineral you need to divide its_______ by _______
What is mass by volume?
400
We always need to run several tests before we can identify a mineral with 100 percent certainty because ________
What is many minerals share physical properties in common?
400
The labeled usde when finding density is ___________
What is grams/centimeters cubed?
500
Mineral's special property to glow under a black light.
What is fluoresce?
500
About how many minerals have geologist identified?
What is about 3,000 - 4,000?
500
When you fill a graduated cylinder with water to a certain level and then drop a rock or mineral into the cylinder of water you are measuring a rock or minerals _______
What is volume?
500
The mineral that most resembles gold in color is commonly know as _______
What is "fool's gold"?
500
The particles of a mineral line up in a pattern that repeats over and over again. This is called a _________