Minerals
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| Are minerals made of rocks, or are rocks made of minerals? | show 🗑
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| What are the 4 characteristics of a mineral? | show 🗑
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| What is the smallest part of an element that has all the properties of that element? | show 🗑
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| What is a pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by ordinary chemical means? | show 🗑
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| What is a substance made of 2 or more elements that have been chemically joined or bonded? | show 🗑
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| show | native element
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| What is a solid, geometric form of a mineral produced by a repeating pattern of atoms or molecules that is present throughout the mineral? | show 🗑
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| 90% of all mineral's in the Earth's crust are made up of ________ and ________. All of these minerals are called ________. | show 🗑
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| What are the six classes of non-silicate minerals? | show 🗑
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| show | air, water, impurities
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| The way a surface reflects light is called ________. | show 🗑
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| What are the three types of mineral luster? | show 🗑
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| The color of a mineral in powered form is called the mineral's _________. | show 🗑
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| show | Streak is not affected by things like air and water.
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| The tendency to breakalong smooth, flat surfaces is called _________. | show 🗑
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| show | fracture
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| show | hardness
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| What do scientists use to determine the hardness of minerals? | show 🗑
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| show | Talc and Diamond
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| show | density
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| What is the usual reference point for the density of other objects? | show 🗑
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| show | specfic gravity
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