Science

Question 0

What’s the substance made of one kind of atom

Answer 0

Element

Question 1

What’s the smallest particle of matters?

Answer 1

Atom

Question 2

What’s the chart containing all the known elements?

Answer 2

The Modern Periodic Table

Question 3

What mineral is made of Silicon and Oxygen

Answer 3

Quartz

Question 4

Name a single element mineral

Answer 4

Gold

Question 5

Where are rocks and minerals found?

Answer 5

Earth’s Crust

Question 6

About how many elements are on earth

Answer 6

111

Question 7

List Five of the 111 known elements

Answer 7

Iron Nickel Calcium Sodium Copper

Question 8

About how many minerals are found on earth

Answer 8

3000

Question 9

Coal is a solid __________substance that is formed from decaying plant matter

Answer 9

Organic

Question 10

Name another organic substance that is not a mineral

Answer 10

Amber and Coal

Question 11

Name the most common element found on earth

Answer 11

Oxygen

Question 12

Name two precious metals

Answer 12

Silver and gold

Question 13

Name another term used for a minerals characteristics

Answer 13

Properties

Question 14

What is mica

Answer 14

A Mineral

Question 15

How does Mica break

Answer 15

It cleaves into 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 a set _______

Answer 17

Pattern

Question 18

Name the properties that miners used to help identify gold

Answer 18

Color and luster

Question 19

What changes a minerals color

Answer 19

Impurities

Question 20

Minerals are identified by

Answer 20

Properties

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Quartz Corundum Diamond

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Streak

Question 23

Name the property that reflect light

Answer 23

Luster

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Density

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Hardness

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Cleavage

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Fracture

Question 28

What is the Name of the hardness scale

Answer 28

Mohs' Scale

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Halite salt

Question 30

Using the mohs' scale which mineral has the hardest of 7

Answer 30

Quartz

Question 31

The mineral sulfur can be identified by the property of

Answer 31

Color, smell

Question 32

What is the softest mineral on the mohs' scale

Answer 32

Talc

Question 33

What is the hardest mineral on the mohs' scale

Answer 33

Diamond

Question 34

What is the shape of a salt Crystal

Answer 34

Cubed

Question 35

All ores are _______

Answer 35

Minerals

Question 36

All Minerals are NOT ______________

Answer 36

Ores

Question 37

Name a metal that is used in making nails and railways

Answer 37

Iron

Question 38

Mining is the removal of an __________ from the earth

Answer 38

Ore

Question 39

A mineral from which metals can be removed

Answer 39

Ore

Question 40

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

Answer 40

Element

Question 41

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

Answer 41

Mineral

Question 42

A metal that is a mixture of two or more metals

Answer 42

Alloy Example - bronze is an alloy of copper and tin

Question 43

What is the difference between a rock and mineral?

Answer 43

A rock is made of minerals | A mineral is more valuable

Question 44

How are rocks and minerals used?

Answer 44

Jewelry Building Raw material

Question 45

Why don't all minerals look-alike?

Answer 45

Because each mineral is made up of different elements

Question 46

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

Answer 46

Mineral

Question 47

What are some properties of minerals?

Answer 47

``` Color luster hardness density streak magnetism smell taste cleavege fracture ```

Question 48

Which two minerals on the Moh's scale will scratch topaz?

Answer 48

Diamond | Corundum

Question 49

Which Three minerals will be scratched by fluorite?

Answer 49

Calcite Gypsum Talc