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What is a naturally occuring inorganic, solid that has a crystal sturcture and a definaite chemical composition?
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MINERAL
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What does "naturally occuring" mean?
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formed by a process in the natural world
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What does inorganic mean?
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NOT FORMED FROM MATERIALS THAT WERE ONCE PART OF A LIVING THING
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What does SOLID mean?
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IT HAS DEFINATE SHAPE AND DEFINATE VOLUMED
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What is a CRYSTAL structure?
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Particles line up in a pattern that repeats over and over again
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What does "DEFINATE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION" mean?
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A mineral always contains certain elements in definate proportions.
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What are the characteristic properties that can used to identity a mineral?
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Color Cleavage/fracture
Luster Density Hardness Streak |
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What is the color of a mineral like?
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The easily observable physical property
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What is the streak?
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The color of the minerals powder
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When light is relflected from a mineral's surface that is called its?
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LUSTER
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What is DENSITY ?
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The mass in a given space,or the amount of matter per a given volume.
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What do they use to measure hardness?
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MOHS HARDNESS SCALE
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What ranks hardness of 10 minerals from softest to hardness?
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MOHS HARDNESS SCALE
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HOW is the crystal system ranked?
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It's classified into 6 groups based o the number and the angle of the crystal faces
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What is cleavage and fracture?
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the way a mineral breaks apart
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What is a property of a mineral that splits easily along surfaces called?
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CLEAVAGE
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What is a property of a mineral that breaks apart in an irregular way?
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FRACTURE
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When mineral form in a rounded, holllow rock that is often lie with crystals we call this___?
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Geode
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When minerals form by the process where atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure, we call this ___?
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CRYSTALIZATION
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What is a molten material from inside Earth that hardens to form rock?
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MAGMA
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What is magma that reaches the surface called ?
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LAVA
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When elements and compounds taht are dissolved in water leave a solution, what occures?
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CRYSTALIZATION
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A mixture in which ONE SUBSTANCE is DISSOLVED into another is called?
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SOLUTION
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When solutions evaporate what might happen?
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Some minerals may be formed?
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Some minerals form ____ water solutions?
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HOT
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What is a narrow channel or slab of a mineral that is different from the surrounding rock?
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VEIN
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What is a hard, colorful mineral that has a brilliant or glassy luster?
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GEMSTONE
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What is a mineral that is not as hard as a gemstone?
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METAL
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MINERALS ARE USED FOR WHT?
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FOODS
MEDICINES FERTILIZERS BUILDING MATERIALS |
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How do you produce a metal from a mineral?
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a rock containing the minerals must be located through prospecting and mines, then removed from the ground
FINALLY, YOU HAVE TO PROCESS THE ROCK. |
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What is ORE?
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a rock that contains a metal or other fuseful mminerals that can be mined & sold at a profit.
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Searching for an ore depost is called ?
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PROSPECTING
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Name the 3 types of mines?
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STRIP MINES
OPEN PIT MINES SHAFT MINES |
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In this process, ore is mixed with substances and then melted to separate the useful metal from other elements the ore contains
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SMELTING
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WHAT IS A SOLID MIXTURE OF TWO OR MORE ELEMENTS, AT ONE OF WHICH IS A METAL?
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Alloy
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Be sure to know the diagrams that he has pointed out in _____
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science book
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Remember that Mr. Ogden always uses_____?
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ILLUSTRATIONS ON TESTS
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