Chapter 26.1

Question 1

Mineral

Answer 1

is a naturally occurring inorganic solid with a crystalline form.

Question 2

Streak

Answer 2

The color of a mineral in a powered 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 material inside Earth

Question 7

A mineral is. . .

Answer 7

Naturally Occurring, Inorganic Solid, with a Crystalline Form

Question 8

What are the two most abundant elements that make up Earth’s crust?

Answer 8

Oxygen and Silicon

Question 9

What does inorganic mean?

Answer 9

Materials that are not living

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Mineral breaks, how hard it is, and what types of crystal shape it has

Question 11

What are all of the ways to identify minerals?

Answer 11

Luster, Streak, Atomic arrangement, Cleavage, Fracture, Hardness, Crystal shape

Question 12

What are the two types of luster?

Answer 12

metallic and nonmetallic

Question 13

How does metallic luster reflect light?

Answer 13

reflects light in a way that a metal surface might

Question 14

How does Nonmetallic luster reflect light?

Answer 14

shines like glass or appears earthy or waxy

Question 15

How do you preform a streak test?

Answer 15

by rubbing a mineral on a unglazed, white porcelain tile

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Cleavage and Fracture

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Mohs Scale of Hardness

Question 18

What is the number range on Mohs Scale of Hardness?

Answer 18

1-10

Question 19

How many different crystal shape systems are there?

Answer 19

6

Question 20

Minerals grow from the. . .

Question 21

What are the 3 ways minerals can form?

Answer 21

Hot Water, Evaporation, Molten Rock

Question 22

What are two mineral groups?

Answer 22

Silicates and Nonsilicates

Question 23

Which mineral group is most abundant in Earth’s crust?

Answer 23

Silicates

Question 24

What elements are Silicates made up of?

Answer 24

Oxygen and silicon

Question 25

Nonsilicates do not contain what element?

Answer 25

Silicon

Question 26

What mineral is used to make glass?

Answer 26

Quartz