Minerals

Question 1

Atom

Answer 1

Smallest particle of matter

Question 2

Element

Answer 2

A substance made of one kind of atom

Question 3

Modern periodic table

Answer 3

A chart containing all the known elements

Question 4

Mineral made up of the elements silicone 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 earths crust

Question 7

How many minerals are there on the Earth?

Answer 7

111

Question 8

List 5 of the 111 elements

Answer 8

Gold
Silver
Iron
Nickel
Oxygen

Question 9

How many minerals are found on the earth?

Answer 9

3000

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Organic

Question 11

Name an organic substance that is not a mineral

Answer 11

Coal
Amber
Sugar crystals

Question 12

The most common element found on earth

Answer 12

Oxygen

Question 13

Two precious minerals

Answer 13

Gold and silver

Question 14

What is another term used for a minerals characteristics

Answer 14

Properties

Question 15

What is mica

Answer 15

A mineral

Question 16

How does mica break

Answer 16

In thin sheets

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Form

Question 18

Elements that make up each mineral are arranged in a ___________

Answer 18

Pattern

Question 19

Name the properties that miners used to help identify gold

Answer 19

Color luster

Question 20

What changes a minerals color?

Answer 20

Impurities

Question 21

Minerals are identifies by ______________

Answer 21

Properties

Question 22

Name two minerals that have at least 3 different color properties

Answer 22

Quartz
Diamond
Topaz

Question 23

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

Answer 23

A streak

Question 24

Name the property that reflects light

Answer 24

Luster

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Density

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Hardness

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Cleavage

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Fracture

Question 29

What is the name of the hardness scale?

Answer 29

Mohs scale

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Halite

Question 31

Using the moh s scale which mineral has the hardest of 7

Answer 31

Quartz

Question 32

All ores are ___________

Answer 32

Minerals

Question 33

All minerals are not__________

Answer 33

Ores

Question 34

Name a metal that is used in making nails and railways

Answer 34

Iron

Question 35

Mining is the removal of an __________ from the earth

Answer 35

Ore

Question 36

A mineral from which metals can be removed

Answer 36

Ore

Question 37

A solid inorganic substance found in nature and is made up of a set amount of ingredients called elements

Answer 37

Mineral

Question 38

The simplest of substances found on earth. It is a substance made of one kind of atom

Answer 38

Element

Question 39

A metal that is a mixture of two or more metals. Example-bronze is an alloy of copper and tin

Answer 39

Alloy

Question 40

What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?

Answer 40

A rock is made of minerals

Question 41

What is the shape of a salt crystal?

Answer 41

Cube