Mineral Worksheet/ Study Guide Flashcards
A ___________ is the smallest particle of matter.
Quarks
An ______________ is a substance made of one kind of atom.
Element
The Modern ____________________ Table is a chart containing all the known elements.
Water & element
Name the mineral that is made up of the elements silicon and oxygen.
Quartz
Name a single element mineral.
Silicon
Where are minerals found?
Earth’s crust
About how many elements are there on earth?
118
List five of the 111 known elements.
Gold, iron, sodium, oxygen, helium
About how many minerals are found Earth?
3,800
Coal is a solid ___________________ substance that is formed from decaying plant matter.
Nonrenewable
Name another organic substance that is not a mineral.
Amber and coal
Name the most common element found on Earth.
Oxygen
Name two precious minerals.
Gold and silver
Name other term used for mineral characteristics.
Properties
What is mica?
A mineral
How does mica break?
In thin sheets
Minerals _________ out of a liquid made of water and one or more elements.
Form
Elements that make up each mineral are arranged in a set _____________.
Of pattern
Name the properties that miners are used to help identify gold.
Color and luster
What changes a minerals color?
Impurities
Minerals are identified by _____________.
Properties
Name two minerals that at least have three different color properties to consider.
Quartz and diamond
When minerals are rubbed on a piece of unglazed tile they leave a colored line called ________________.
A streak
Name the property that reflects light.
Luster
Name the property that compares how heavy a mineral is compared with how much space it takes up.
Density
Name the property when two minerals are rubbed together the harder mineral will scratch the softer mineral.
Hardness
When minerals break along flat, even surfaces or in more than one direction this property is called __________.
Cleavage
When a mineral breaks along curved or uneven surfaces rather than flat surface, this property is known as _______________.
Fracture
What is the name of the hardness scale?
Moh’s hardness scale
Name an example of a mineral that would use the property of taste.
Halite
Using the Moh’s scale which has the hardness of 7?
Quartz
The mineral sulfur can be indentified by the property of __________ and ___________.
Color and smell
What is the softest mineral on the Moh’s scale?
Talc
What is the hardest mineral on the Moh’s scale?
Diamond
What is the shape of a salt crystal?
Cube
All ores are _____________.
Minerals
All minerals are not _______.
Ores
Name a metal that is used in making nails and railways.
Iron
Mining is the removal of an ________ from the Earth.
Ore
What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?
The difference between a rock and a mineral is that a rock is made of minerals.
How are rocks and minerals used?
Some are used for drills, jewelry, and raw material.
Where are rocks and minerals found?
In the Earth’s crust.
Why don’t all minerals look alike?
Each mineral is made up of different elements.
What is a mineral?
A mineral is a solid inorganic (non-living) substance, found in nature, and is made up of a set amount of ingredients called elements.
What are some properties of minerals?
Color, luster, hardness, streak, smell, taste, density, cleavage, and fracture.
Which mineral on the Moh’s scale will scratch topaz?
A diamond
Which minerals will be scratched by fluorite?
Talc, gypsum, calcite, apatite, fieldspar, quartz, topaz, and diamond.
What is borax?
A mineral
