CH 26 Flashcards

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1
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A mineral is?

A

Naturally occurring, inorganic solid and crystaline form

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2
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what are the two most abundant elements in earths crust?

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Silicon and Oxygen

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3
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What does inorganic mean?

A

Materials that are nonliving

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4
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What does the arrangement of an atom and the bonds between them reflect about a mineral?

A

Minerals break, how hard it is, and what type of crystal shape it has

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5
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What are all of the ways to identify minerals?

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Luster, streak, atomic arrangement, cleavage, fracture, hardness, and crystal shape

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6
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What are the two types of luster?

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Metallic and nonmetallic

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7
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How does metallic luster reflect light?

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Very easily like a chrome/ metal surface

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8
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How does nonmetallic luster reflect light?

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Doesn’t reflect easily, like glass

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9
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How do you perform a streak test?

A

rubbing a mineral on an unglazed porcelain tile

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10
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What are the two types of breakage that can happen to minerals?

A

Cleavage and fracture

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11
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What is the name of the scale to measure the hardness of a mineral?

A

Mohs scale of hardness

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12
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What is the number range on mohs scale of hardness?

A

1-10

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13
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How many different crystal shape systems are there?

A

There are 6 crystal shape systems

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14
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Minerals grow from the?

A

minerals grow from the inside out

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15
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What are the 3 ways minerals can form?

A

from hot water, molten rock and evaporation

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16
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What are the two mineral groups?

A

Silicates and non silicates

17
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Which mineral group is the most abundant Earths crust?

A

Silicate minerals

18
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What element are Silica made up of?

A
19
Q

Nonsilicats do not contain what element?

A

silicon

20
Q

What mineral is used to make glass?

A

Quartz

21
Q

Define rock

A

A rock is a naturally formed mixture containing minerals, rock fragment, and volcanic glass.

22
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How are rocks identified?

A

composition and texture

23
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What does the texture of a rock describe about a rock?

A

The texture of a rock describes the size, shape, and arrangement of the rocks components.

24
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Where do intrusive igneous rocks form?

A

Within earths crust

25
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What type of molten rock does intrusive igneous rock from from?

A

Magma

26
Q

What is the name of the series that illustrates simultaneous crystallization of silicate minerals?

A

Bowen’s reaction series

27
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What are the 3 types of magma?

A

Mafic, Intermediate, and Felsic

28
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Which magma type has a low silica content?

A

Mafic

29
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Which magma type has a high silica content?

A

Felsic

30
Q

Which type of crust has an abundant amount of quartz?

A

oceanic or continental

31
Q

Which type of crust has little to no quartz?

A

oceanic crust or deep continental

32
Q

Which type of igneous rock has a coarse grained texture?

A

Intrusive igneous rocks

33
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Which type of igneous rock has fine grained texture?

A

Because of how slowly it cools

34
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Do fine grained rocks cool slowly or quickly?

A

Quickly

35
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What are the two specific texture type of extrusive igneous rock?

A

vesicular and porphyritic

36
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Which texture is the type with holes left behind because of rapid cooling?

A

Vesicular

37
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Which texture is the type with two different crystal sizes because of different cooling rates?

A
38
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What type of rock has a vesicular (holey) texture?

A

pumice