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Mineral Test 2010

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Using wind to produce energy is an example of Technology
What is data? Facts, figures, measurements
Which branch of Earth science includes the study of stars? astronomy
What type of force slowly wears away mountains and other features on Earth's surface? Destructive force
What do Environmental Scientists study? The effects of human activities on Earth's land, air, water, and living things.
A weather map is an example of a model
The solid, rocky, outer layer of the Earth is which layer? Lithosphere
What do you call the ability to do work or cause change? energy
A mineral is inorganic which means what? materials that were NOT once part of living things
The color of a mineral's powder is it's what? streak
If you break a mineral into tiny pieces, each piece will have the same what? Crystal structure
Magma that cools very slowly deep beneath the surface forms what type of crystals? large
A rock that contains a metal of other useful mineral that can be mined and sold for a profit is call what? ore
What effects the size of crystals formed in magma? the rate the magma cools
Some examples of minerals made of pure elements are? Gold, copper, silver
The repeating pattern of a mineral's particles forms a solid called what? Crystal
What is the hardest known mineral? Diamond
The softest mineral on Moh's hardness scale is what? Talc
A mineral that does not split apart evenly has what property? Fracture
What do you call a solid mixture of two or more elements that has at least one metal? alloy
The faster magma cools, the _________ the crystals are. smaller
What are most minerals? Chemical compounds in which two or more elements are combined.
Lava cools above Earth's surface to for mineral crystals. What cools and hardens below earth's surface? Magma
What do Engineers use to solve practical problems? technology and scientific knowledge
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