science 9-10

Question 1

What are the characteristics of a mineral? (what makes a mineral a mineral?)

Answer 1

A naturally occurring, inorganic, crystalline solid that has a definite chemical composition.

Question 2

What is the difference between a compound mineral, mineral mixture, and a native mineral?

Answer 2

Compound minerals: have more than one element chemically combines , Native minerals: elements, Mixtures of minerals elements combined,

Question 3

Which test provides the best example of a mineral’s color?

Answer 3

Streak Test

Question 4

What does a mineral’s crystal classification deal mostly with - color or shape?

Answer 4

Shape

Question 5

Which mineral has perfect cleavage?

Answer 5

Micca

Question 6

What is the system called that is used to rate a mineral’s hardness? What is the range of the scale?

Answer 6

Mohs scale 1-10

Question 7

When you are doing an acid test on a mineral, what are you watching for?

Answer 7

Bubbles

Question 8

If a mineral extracts iron filings, it probably is

Answer 8

Magnetic

Question 9

What are some examples of native minerals

Answer 9

Gold, Silver, Copper

Question 10

What are some minerals that are good conductors of electricity?

Answer 10

Silver, aluminum, and copper

Question 11

A carat is a unit of

Answer 11

mass

Question 12

karat is a unit of

Answer 12

purity

Question 13

Which class of minerals makes up most of the rocks in the earth’s crust?

Answer 13

Silicates

Question 14

Know how each of the following types of rocks form: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic

Answer 14

Igneous harden lava or magma
Sedimentary small particles of eroded rock or dissolved chemicals
Metamorphic any rocks that result from changes to existing rocks

Question 15

Which type of tests would be best to use when identifying a rock?

Answer 15

magnetism

Question 16

What are grains in a rock?

Answer 16

Pieces and particles

Question 17

Which specific type of rocks do young-earth geologists believe the original igneous rocks were?

Answer 17

Granite

Question 18

Many young-earth geologists think that the basement rocks created on the third day of Creation were probably

Answer 18

Igneous rocks

Question 19

What is the main reason igneous rocks like granite and basalt are often used for statues and important buildings?

Answer 19

Very long lasting

Question 20

Know the steps of forming a sedimentary rock.

Answer 20

Erosion and solution transportation and deposition compaction and cementation

Question 21

Which kind of sedimentary rock is most useful as a construction material?

Answer 21

Limestone cement and concrete and gravel

Question 22

The original rock that was altered to form a metamorphic rock is the

Answer 22

source rock.

Question 23

What is the difference between foliated and nonfoliated metamorphic rocks?

Answer 23

Compression forces acted mainly in one direction Often have a banded look or flaky Layers Slate, schist, gneiss. Do not have bands or flaky layers Marble, quartzite

Question 24

Which kind of rock used for building materials suffers the most damage from acid rain?

Answer 24

Limestone

Question 25

What would high-quality marble rock most likely be used for?

Answer 25

Counters statues veneer stone on large government buildings

Question 26

According to the old-earth rock cycle, what will eventually happen to most rocks

Answer 26

They are going to return to the mantle and melt.

Question 27

What does the young-earth view of historical geology conclude?

Answer 27

Only a tiny fraction of the rock cyle could have occurred since the beginning there not enough time for a rock to go through the rock cycle subduction of sedimentary likely resulted from a brief but catastrophic event in the world history

Question 28

Melting sedimentary rocks in the crust can only happen through

Answer 28

Subduction zones