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Review 1
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How much mass something has for its volume.
What is density?
100
The hardest mineral.
What is a diamond?
100
The Austrian scientist who developed the mineral hardness scale.
Who is Mohs?
100

This mineral is composed of silicon and oxygen

What is quartz?

100

What are oil, coal, and natural gas known as?

What are fossil fuels, or nonrenewable resource?

200
A rock is made of 2 or more __________.
What are minerals?
200
If a mineral breaks and has a smooth, flat surface.
What is cleavage?
200

This mineral is known as fools gold

What is pyrite

200
Streak is the color of a mineral's ___________.
What is powder?
200
A U-shaped valley is usually formed from a ___________.
What is a glacier?
300
Has a hardness of 7.
What is quartz?
300
If a mineral breaks and has a rough surface.
What is fracture?
300
The Mohs' Scale helps us to rank a mineral's __________.
What is hardness?
300
The softest mineral.
What is talc?
300
The wearing away of rock and soil.
What is erosion?
400
The break down of rocks and minerals in which farmers grow food.
What is soil?
400
Mass divided by volume
What is density?
400
A naturally occurring, generally inorganic solid.
What is a mineral?
400
Water has a density of about ____ gram per milliliter.
What is 1?
400

What mineral makes up about 41% of the earth's crust

What is feldspar?

500
A solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.
What is a mineral?
500
The way a mineral reflects light.
What is luster?
500
The color of powder from a mineral.
What is streak?
500
You can scratch a mineral to test for ____________.
What is hardness?
500
Lassen Peak is apart of this mountain range.
What is the Cascade Mountain Range?