Minerals

Question 1

An ____________ is the smallest particle of matter

Answer 1

Atom

Question 2

An ____________ is a substance made of one kind of atom

Answer 2

Element

Question 3

The Modern _________ Table is a chart containing all the known elements

Answer 3

Periodic

Question 4

Name the mineral that is made up of the elements silicon and oxygen

Answer 4

Quartz

Question 5

Name a single element mineral

Answer 5

Gold

Question 6

Where are minerals found?

Answer 6

In the Earth’s crust and in oceans

Question 7

How many elements are there on Earth

Answer 7

111

Question 8

List 5 of the known elements

Answer 8

Oxygen, silicon, gold, carbon, nitrogen etc.

Question 9

About how many minerals are found on Earth

Answer 9

3,000 different

Question 10

Coal is a solid ________ substance that is formed from decaying plant matter

Answer 10

Organic

Question 11

Name another organic substance that is not a mineral

Answer 11

Amber

Question 12

Name the most common element found on Earth

Answer 12

Oxegen

Question 13

Name two precious metals

Answer 13

Silver and gold

Question 14

Name another term used for mineral’s characteristics

Answer 14

Properties

Question 15

How does mica break

Answer 15

In thin sheets

Question 16

Minerals ______ out of a liquid made of water and one or more elements

Answer 16

Form

Question 17

Elements that make up each mineral are arranged in set __________

Answer 17

Patterns

Question 18

Name the properties that miners use to help identify gold

Answer 18

Color and luster

Question 19

What changes a minerals color

Answer 19

Impurities

Question 20

Name two minerals that have at least three different color properties to consider

Answer 20

Quartz and diamond

Question 21

When minerals are rubbed on a piece of unglazed tile they leave a colored line called ____________

Answer 21

Streak

Question 22

Name property that reflects light

Answer 22

Luster

Question 23

Name the property that compares how heavy a mineral is compared with how much space it takes up

Answer 23

Density

Question 24

Name the property when two minerals are rubbed together and the harder mineral will scratch the softer mineral

Answer 24

Hardness

Question 25

When minerals break along flat,even surfaces or in more than one direction this property is called

Answer 25

Cleavage

Question 26

When a mineral breaks along curved or uneven surfaces rather than a flat surface, this property is known as

Answer 26

Fracture

Question 27

What is the name of the hardness scale

Answer 27

Moh's Hardness Scale

Question 28

Name an example of a mineral that would use the property of taste

Answer 28

Halite

Question 29

Using the Moh's Scale which mineral has a hardest of 7?

Answer 29

Quartz

Question 30

The mineral sulfur can be identified by the property of __________

Answer 30

Smell

Question 31

What is the softest mineral in the Moh's Scale?

Answer 31

Talc

Question 32

What is the hardest mineral on the Moh's Scale?

Answer 32

Diamond

Question 33

What is the shape of a salt crystal?

Answer 33

Cube

Question 34

All ores are __________

Answer 34

Minerals

Question 35

All minerals are not ________

Answer 35

Ores

Question 36

Name a metal that is used in making nails and railways

Answer 36

Iron

Question 37

Mining is the removal of an _____ from the Earth

Answer 37

Ore

Question 38

What is borax?

Answer 38

A mineral