WILKINS 2.3-3.1 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
This property is NOT useful in determining a mineral. | COLOR |
The color of a mineral in its powdered form | Streak |
Streak is obtained by rubbing a mineral across a what? | streak plate |
how light is reflected from the surface of a mineral | Luster |
visible expression of a mineral’s internal arrangement of atoms | crystal form |
What causes crystals to have well-formed faces (2 things) | Unrestricted space and a slow rate of formation |
A measure of the resistance of a mineral of being scratched | Hardness |
Moh’s scale of hardness is a scale from 1 to____. | 10 |
the tendency of a mineral to cleave, or break, along flat, even surfaces | Cleavage |
the uneven breakage of a mineral | fracture |
________= mass (m)/ volume (v) | Density |
sulfur smells like ______ ________. | Rotten Eggs |
The mineral graphite was used in _________. | Pencils |
Talc feels ______ | soapy |
Talc is the softest mineral with a hardness of | 1 |
Diamond hardness value is | 10 |
ANY SOLID MASS OF MINERAL OR MINERAL-LIKE MATTER THAT OCCURS NATURALLY AS A PART OF OUR PLANET. | Rock |
3 TYPES OF ROCKS ARE | IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY AND METAMORPHIC |
Interactions among Earth’s water, air, land, and living things can cause rocks to change from one type to another. | Rock Cycle |
When magma cools and hardens which rock is formed | igneous |
_________ is the process in which rocks are physically and chemically broken down by water, air, and living things. | Weathering |
weathered pieces of rocks | Sediments |
compacted and cemented sediments form | sedimentary rock |
Under extreme pressure and temp conditions | metamorphic rocks |
High temps will cause metamorphic rock to | melt |
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