rock and material vocab

Question 1

mineral

Answer 1

a naturally formed inorganic solid

Question 2

rock

Answer 2

a naturally formed organic sollid

Question 3

element

Answer 3

a substance that can not be seperated

Question 4

compound

Answer 4

a substance made of atoms of two or more differnt elements

Question 5

crystal

Answer 5

a solid whose atoms ions or molecules are arranged in definite pattern

Question 6

color

Answer 6

how something looks

Question 7

luster

Answer 7

the way in witch a mineral reflects light

Question 8

streak

Answer 8

the color of the powder of a mineral

Question 9

cleavege

Answer 9

a splitting of a mineral along a smooth flat surface

Question 10

fracture

Answer 10

the manner in witch a mineral breaks along either curved or irregular surfaces

Question 11

density

Answer 11

the ratio of the mass of a substance

Question 12

ore

Answer 12

a highly valuable minerl

Question 13

metallic minerals

Answer 13

minerals such as iron that can be attracted to a positive and non positive pull

Question 14

nonmetalic materials

Answer 14

material that repels a magnet

Question 15

gemstones

Answer 15

special crystals that are valuable and beutifal

Question 16

igneouse rock

Answer 16

rock made from concentrated immense heat

Question 17

sedementary rock

Answer 17

rock at the bottom of the ocean that can be easily moved around and is mutch like sand

Question 18

metamorphic rock

Answer 18

rock that makes many differnant other types of rocks