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Minerals Act 12-16
Vocabulary associated with minerals Act 12-16 in SEPUP
Question | Answer |
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something that occurs in nature that is used by people | natural resource |
a property that tells how well you can see through it | transparency |
a word that means you can read through the object easily | transparent |
a word that means you cannot see through it at all | opaque |
a word that means you can see light through it, but reading through it is blurry | translucent |
observations of materials that help identify the material | properties |
tested by scratching one object against another | hardness |
a person who studies rocks, minerals, and other Earth related things | geologist |
naturally occurring, solid, found on earth with a crystalline structure | mineral |
a mixture of minerals | rock |
internal arrangement of atoms | crystalline structure |
shape seen by looking at a mineral without a magnifyer | crystal shape |
the quantity of resource is finite and cannot be replaced (at the rate we are using it) | nonrenewable |
a resource that can be replenished as fast or faster than we use it | renewable |
information collected during labs that provide evidence for decisions | data |
the property that describes how shiny something is | luster |
the three forms of luster | dull, glassy, brilliant |
the word that means man-made, not naturally occurring substance | synthetic |
the type of luster that is very shiny, like polished diamonds | brilliant |
the least shiny type of luster | dull |
the least helpful property in identifying a mineral | size |
the type of luster that is between dull and brilliant | glassy |
the color of powdered mineral left on a streak plate | streak color |
the way that light bends as it passes through a material | refraction |
seeing a double image when looking through a material | double refraction |