ch 26

Question 1

minerals

Answer 1

in a natrally accouring inorganic solid with a cristaline form

Question 2

streak

Answer 2

the color of a mineral in powder form

Question 3

cleavage

Answer 3

when a mineral breaks along preferred planes of weakness creating sets of smooth parallel sides

Question 4

fracture

Answer 4

minerals that break with irregular surfaces

Question 5

hardness

Answer 5

the physical property that measures a mineral’s resistance to scratching

Question 6

magma

Answer 6

molten rock meterial inside earth

Question 7

what are the most abundant elements in earths crust

Answer 7

oxygen and silicon

Question 8

what does inorganic mean

Answer 8

miterals that are not living

Question 9

what does the arrangement of an atom and the bonds between them relied about a mineral

Answer 9

minerals break how hard it is what type of crystal shape

Question 10

what are all the way to identify minerals

Answer 10

luster, cleavage,streak,fracture

Question 11

a mineral is

Answer 11

naturally acouring inorganic solid with crystaline form