Chapter 26

Question 1

molten rock

Answer 1

magma

Question 2

minerals that break with irregular surfaces

Answer 2

fracture

Question 3

color of a minerals powdered form

Answer 3

streak

Question 4

naturally occurring inorganic solid

Answer 4

minerals

Question 5

a mineral breaks along preferred planes of weakness creating sets of smooth parallel sides

Answer 5

cleavage

Question 6

what are the two most abundant elements in earths crust

Answer 6

silicon oxygen

Question 7

what does inorganic mean

Answer 7

not living

Question 8

what the arrangment of an atom and the bonds between then refect about a minearls

Answer 8

how hard it is the way it breaks what type of crystle shape it is

Question 9

what are all of the way to identify minerals

Answer 9

hardness, luster, color, streak, specific gravity, cleavage, fracture, and tenacity.

Question 10

what are the two types of luster

Answer 10

metallic and non-metallic

Question 11

how does metallic luster reflect light

Answer 11

light is highly reflected off the surface

Question 12

how does non-metallic luster reflect light

Answer 12

absorb more and reflect less light

Question 13

how do you preform a streak test

Answer 13

rubbing a mineral on an unglazzed porslin tile

Question 14

what are the two types of breakage

Answer 14

cleavage, fracture

Question 15

what is the name of the scale that maesures hardness

Answer 15

Mohs Hardness Scale

Question 16

measure a metrials resistance

Answer 16

hardness

Question 17

what is the range on Mohs scale

Answer 17

1-10

Question 18

how many different crystle shapes are there

Answer 18

seven crystal

Question 19

minerals grow from

Answer 19

salty water solutions Earth’s surface and underground

Question 20

what are the three ways minerals can form

Answer 20

volcanic gases,magma,oxidation

Question 21

what are the mineral groups

Question 22

which mineral group is the most aboundent in earths crust

Answer 22

silicate minerals

Question 23

what element are silicons made up of

Answer 23

silicon

Question 24

nonsilicates do not contain what element

Answer 24

silicon-oxygen

Question 25

what mineral is used to make glass

Answer 25

quartz

Question 26

a mineral is

Answer 26

natural accuring inorrganic solid and has a crystline form