minerals and rocks

Question 1

they support all living things physically

Answer 1

environmental importance

Question 2

source of soil, upon which most plants grow

Answer 2

environmental importance

Question 3

sources of metals and elements we need to produce our daily necessities

Answer 3

environmental importance

Question 4

used as materials for buildings and man-made structures

Answer 4

environmental importance

Question 5

how to geologists use rocks?

Answer 5

they use it as evidence to learn about what the Earth was like in the past

Question 6

how to scientists use rocks?

Answer 6

build a historic record of the planet and to learn what events occurred

Question 7

naturally occuring inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition and ordered internal structures

Answer 7

minerals

Question 8

minerals should exist naturally

Answer 8

naturally occurring

Question 9

minerals are limited to substances formed through inorganic process and exculde mineral form living organisms involved organic process

Answer 9

inorganic

Question 10

is coal a mineral?

Answer 10

no

Question 11

are minerals solids, liquids or gases?

Answer 11

liquids

Question 12

definite chemical composition

Answer 12

chemical composition should express the exact chemical formula w/ elements and compounds in specific ratios

Question 13

atoms in minerals are organized in a regular, repetitive geometric pattern

Answer 13

ordered internal structure

Question 14

reason why volcanic glass is not a mineral?

Answer 14

amorphous and no form

Question 15

lacking definite shape or formless

Answer 15

amorphous

Question 16

composed of silicon oxygen

Answer 16

silicates

Question 17

examples of silicates

Answer 17

olivine and quartz

Question 18

consists of metal cations bonded to oxygen anions

Answer 18

oxides

Question 19

examples of oxide minerals

Answer 19

magnetite and hematite

Question 20

made up of sulfur combined with another mineral, usually a metal

Answer 20

sulfides

Question 21

examples of sulfides

Answer 21

galena and cinnabar

Question 22

made of compounds with sulfur combined with metal and oxygen

Answer 22

sulfates

Question 23

examples of sulfates

Answer 23

barite

Question 24

from the halogen elements like chlorine bromine

Answer 24

halides

Question 25

soft and easily dissolved in water

Answer 25

halides

Question 26

NaCl

Answer 26

halide

Question 27

group of minerals made of carbon, oxygen, and a metallic element

Answer 27

carbonate

Question 28

calcium carbonate or calcite

Answer 28

carbonate

Question 29

term used for substances that do not fight into the 8 classes

Answer 29

mineraloid