Earth Layers and Minerals

Question 1

What layer of Earth do we live on?

Answer 1

The crust

Question 2

What is the thickest layer of earth that lies below the crust?

Answer 2

The mantle

Question 3

What is the center part of the Earth called?

Answer 3

the core

Question 4

How many layers is the earths core divided into?

Answer 4

2

Question 5

What is the earths core composed of

Answer 5

Dense/Heavy Metal

Question 6

What is the Moho?

Answer 6

A boundary area.

Question 7

Where is the Moho located?

Answer 7

Between the crust and mantle

Question 8

What happens at the Moho?

Answer 8

Seismic waves speed up there

Question 9

What part of the Earth is the lithosphere

Answer 9

The crust and upper mantle

Question 10

Are minerals organic or inorganic?

Answer 10

Inorganic

Question 11

Are minerals solids or liquids?

Answer 11

Solids

Question 12

True/False

Minerals have no particular arrangement or chemical formula/make-up

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Approximately this many minerals have been discovered on the Earth

Answer 13

Over 4,000

Question 14

Why isn’t color a reliable identification test for minerals

Answer 14

Because many different minerals may be the same

Question 15

The color of the powder of a mineral is called its:

Answer 15

Streak

Question 16

The way a mineral reflects light is called:

Answer 16

Luster

Question 17

True/False

The two major types of mineral luster are metallic and non-metallic.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Quartz has this kind of luster:

Answer 18

Nonmetallic

Question 19

What scale measures mineral hardness?

Answer 19

The Mons Scale