Unit B - Rocks and Minerals (Vocab) Flashcards
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Natural resource
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Resource that comes from nature
2
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Renewable resource
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Resources that we can use forever
3
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Non-renewable resource
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Resources that will run out sometime
4
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Luster
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Shininess
5
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Crystal shape
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Shape of crystal sample of a mineral
6
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Property
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Nature of the material
7
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Crystalline structure
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The regular pattern of atoms, molecules or ions in a crystal
8
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Geologist
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Someone who studies the earth
9
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Mineral
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A naturally occurring (solid) material that has a specific chemical composition and crystal form and characteristic physical properties
10
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Hardness
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A property of objects, commonly measured on the Mohs scale, which rates hardness on a scale of 1 to 10
11
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Model
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A representation of a system or its components, to help one study and understand how it works
