Science Minerals

Question 1

A what is the smallest particle of matter

Answer 1

Atom

Question 2

A what is a substance made of one kind of atom

Answer 2

Element

Question 3

The modern what is a chart containing all known elements

Answer 3

Periodic table

Question 4

Name the mineral that is made up of silicon and oxygen

Answer 4

Quarts

Question 5

Name a mineral with one element

Answer 5

Gold

Question 6

Where are minerals found

Answer 6

Earth’s crust

Question 7

About how many elements are there on Earth

Answer 7

111

Question 8

List five of the 111 elements known

Answer 8

Copper silver iron nickel carbon

Question 9

About how many minerals are found on Earth

Answer 9

3000

Question 10

Coal is a solid what substance that is formed from decaying plant matter

Answer 10

Organic

Question 11

Name another organic substance that is not a mineral

Answer 11

Coal amber

Question 12

Name the most common element found on Earth

Answer 12

Oxygen

Question 13

Name two precious metals

Answer 13

Gold silver

Question 14

Name another term used for a minerals characteristics

Answer 14

Propertied

Question 15

What is mica

Answer 15

A mineral

Question 16

How does mica break

Answer 16

Cleavage

Question 17

Elements that make up each mineral are arranged in a set

Answer 17

Pattern

Question 18

Name the properties that miners used to help identify gold

Answer 18

Luster

Question 19

What changes a minerals color

Answer 19

Impurities

Question 20

Minerals are identified by

Answer 20

Properties

Question 21

Name two minerals that have at least three different colors

Answer 21

Quarts diamonds

Question 22

When minerals are rubbed on a unglazed tile they leave a colored line called

Answer 22

Streak

Question 23

Name the property that reflects light

Answer 23

Luster

Question 24

Name the property that compares how heavy a mineral is to how much space it takes up

Answer 24

Density

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Hardness

Question 26

When minerals break along flat even surfaces or in more than one direction

Answer 26

Cleavage

Question 27

When minerals break along curved or uneven surfaces rather than flat surface

Answer 27

Fracture

Question 28

What is the name for the hardness scale is

Answer 28

Mohs

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Halite

Question 30

Using Mohs hardness scale which has the hardness of seven

Answer 30

Quarts

Question 31

The mineral sulfur can be identified by the property of

Answer 31

Color smell

Question 32

What is the softest mineral

Answer 32

Talc

Question 33

What is the hardest mineral

Answer 33

Diamond

Question 34

What is the shape of salt

Answer 34

Cube

Question 35

All ores are

Answer 35

Minerals

Question 36

All minerals are not

Answer 36

Ore

Question 37

What metal make railroad and nails

Answer 37

Iron