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0
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What’s the substance made of one kind of atom

A

Element

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1
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What’s the smallest particle of matters?

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Atom

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What’s the chart containing all the known elements?

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The Modern Periodic Table

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3
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What mineral is made of Silicon and Oxygen

A

Quartz

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4
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Name a single element mineral

A

Gold

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5
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Where are rocks and minerals found?

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Earth’s Crust

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6
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About how many elements are on earth

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111

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7
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List Five of the 111 known elements

A

Iron Nickel Calcium Sodium Copper

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8
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About how many minerals are found on earth

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3000

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9
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Coal is a solid __________substance that is formed from decaying plant matter

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Organic

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10
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Name another organic substance that is not a mineral

A

Amber and Coal

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11
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Name the most common element found on earth

A

Oxygen

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12
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Name two precious metals

A

Silver and gold

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13
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Name another term used for a minerals characteristics

A

Properties

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14
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What is mica

A

A Mineral

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15
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How does Mica break

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It cleaves into thin sheets

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16
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Minerals __________out of a liquid made of water and one or more elements

A

Form

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17
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Elements that make up each Mineral are arranged in a set _______

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Pattern

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18
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Name the properties that miners used to help identify gold

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Color and luster

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19
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What changes a minerals color

A

Impurities

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20
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Minerals are identified by

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Properties

21
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Name three minerals that have at least three different color properties to consider

A

Quartz Corundum Diamond

22
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When minerals are rubbed against a piece of unglazed tile they leave a colored line called

A

Streak

23
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Name the property that reflect light

A

Luster

24
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Name the property that compares how heavy a Mineral is compared with how much space it takes up

A

Density

25
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Name the property when two minerals are rubbed together the harder mineral will scratch the softer mineral

A

Hardness

26
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When one mineral break along flat, even surfaces or in more than one direction this property is called

A

Cleavage

27
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When a mineral breaks along an uneven or curved surfaces rather than flat surface, this property is known as

A

Fracture

28
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What is the Name of the hardness scale

A

Mohs’ Scale

29
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Name an example of a mineral that would use the property of taste

A

Halite salt

30
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Using the mohs’ scale which mineral has the hardest of 7

A

Quartz

31
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The mineral sulfur can be identified by the property of

A

Color, smell

32
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What is the softest mineral on the mohs’ scale

A

Talc

33
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What is the hardest mineral on the mohs’ scale

A

Diamond

34
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What is the shape of a salt Crystal

A

Cubed

35
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All ores are _______

A

Minerals

36
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All Minerals are NOT ______________

A

Ores

37
Q

Name a metal that is used in making nails and railways

A

Iron

38
Q

Mining is the removal of an __________ from the earth

A

Ore

39
Q

A mineral from which metals can be removed

A

Ore

40
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The simplest of substances found on earth. It is a substance made of one kind of atom

A

Element

41
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A solid inorganic (nonliving) substance found in nature and is made up of a set of amount of ingredients called elements

A

Mineral

42
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A metal that is a mixture of two or more metals

A

Alloy

Example - bronze is an alloy of copper and tin

43
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What is the difference between a rock and mineral?

A

A rock is made of minerals

A mineral is more valuable

44
Q

How are rocks and minerals used?

A

Jewelry
Building
Raw material

45
Q

Why don’t all minerals look-alike?

A

Because each mineral is made up of different elements

46
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What is a solid inorganic substance found in nature and is made up of a set amount of ingredients called elements?

A

Mineral

47
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What are some properties of minerals?

A 
Color 
luster 
hardness 
density 
streak 
magnetism 
smell 
taste 
cleavege 
fracture
48
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Which two minerals on the Moh’s scale will scratch topaz?

A

Diamond

Corundum

49
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Which Three minerals will be scratched by fluorite?

A

Calcite
Gypsum
Talc

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