minerals and rocks

Question 1

rocks are made of_____
and minerals are the compnents that ____

Answer 1

minerals
make up rocks

Question 2

Minerals must be

Answer 2

naturally occuring, solic, orderly christalline, definite chem comp, inorganic 50 minerals are organic, NOT essential nutirents for the body

Question 3

a rock is a ____ mass of ____ and occurs naturally on the palnet

but some rockas can be entirely composed of _____ _____

Answer 3

solid mass of minerals

one mineral

Question 4

a transfer or sharing of electrons is called a _____

Answer 4

chemical bond

Question 5

the octet rule is

Answer 5

atom tends to gain, lose, or share electrons until it is surrounded by eight valence electrons.

Question 6

ionic bond is

Answer 6

atom of oposite charges

tends to gain, lose, or share electrons until it is surrounded by eight valence electrons.

Question 7

critical mineral

Answer 7

important for overall importance of the stante and may ahve sketchy supply chains

Question 8

psotivly and neg charfed atoms are called ____

Answer 8

ions

Question 9

stratefiic minerals

Answer 9

essential for defese

Question 10

what are the 3 properties of metals

hint: dbt thereapy

Answer 10

malleable
ductile
brittle

Question 11

minerals form through
3 stages:
1.
2.
3.

Answer 11

precipitation
crystalization
deposition

Question 12

precip[tation inminerals is when

Answer 12

a body of water reaces saturation and bonds making crystals,

Question 13

deposition is _____

Answer 13

a reesult of biological processes

Question 14

Properties of minerals
L
C
S
Lights
SH
St
H
Cle
F

Answer 14

Luster
Color
Streak
Lights
Crystal shape/Habit
Hardness
cleavage
Fracture

Question 15

_____ bond is the most common type in minerals

Answer 15

covalent

Question 16

these are properites used to id minerals
sucha as shape, taste

Answer 16

diagnostic properties

Question 17

minerals can only have one form
true or false

Answer 17

falase, minerals can have more than one form

Question 18

these are mineral properties that may VARY

Answer 18

ambiguous properties

Question 19

these are ex of ambigious properties

Answer 19

color

Question 20

the apearance of light REFLECting off a mineral is called____

Answer 20

luster

Question 21

how can one test streak?

what is streak?

Answer 21

rub it on a bathroom tile

the color of the mineral in powdered form

Question 22

the ____ scale can provide a numeric value for ____

Answer 22

mohs scale
hardness

Question 23

clevage is how_____ when STRESSED

Answer 23

a mineral breaks

Question 24

what is the difference between cleavage and tenacity

Answer 24

tenacity is ow a mineral RESPONDS to stress but cleavage is how it BREAKS

Question 25

any natural solid with an orderly, repeating internal structure is called____

Answer 25

crysteline

Question 26

fill in the blank for the properties of halite aka (___) shape: color: Luster: streak: W___ moh hardness: pick one 2.3, 2.7, 2.5 or 2.9 cleavage: 3 at ___ degrees taste: magnetic: yes or no reacts with acid: yes or no

Answer 26

cubic colorless virtous/glassy white 3.5 3 at 90 salty no noooooo

Question 27

sternos law aka the _____ states the angle between _____

Answer 27

angle between equivelant faces in the same mineral are the same

Question 28

the minerals that make up earths crust are called

Answer 28

rock forming minerals

Question 29

if 2 crystals are in the same group, then they must have similar ______ and ______

Answer 29

internal structure and properties

Question 30

these 8 minerals make up the earth's crust

Answer 30

oxygen (O), silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), iron (Fe), calcium (Ca), sodium (Na), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg

Question 31

this is the most common mineral group

Answer 31

silicates

Question 32

polymorphs mean

Answer 32

many shapes, one mineral can have many shapes

Question 33

mineral classes

Answer 33

mineral species groups

Question 34

non silicates make up ___ of the earths crust and consititue of

Answer 34

8 pecept carbonates

Question 35

what does a silicate tetahedra look like what are the identifying factors? what is it's charge?

Answer 35

silicone with 4 oxygens nO clevage, greater tha 5.5 hardness, varying color, no special and no luster -4 charge

Question 36

these minerals, unlike mica have a sheet structure

Answer 36

clay

Question 37

clay is what type of silicate

Answer 37

clay is a sheet silicate

Question 38

what is the most common mineral in the earth' s crust

Answer 38

feldspar

Question 39

know these 13 minerals their names except how tpo identify pyrxine and amphibole, but halite in great detail quartz gypsum: wallls magnitite: magnetic one pyrzine: 90 ambphbole: 120 must be able to id pictures