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13 Cards in this Set
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What is the most abundant element by volume in earth's crust?
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oxygen
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What are the two most abundant elements on earth by mass?
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Silicon
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What is the atomic symbol for sodium?
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Na
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What are the five characteristics of a mineral?
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naturally occuring,inorganic, christalin solid with a deffinite chemical compisition THATS A MINERAL!
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living or once living
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what does it mean to be organic?
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triangle with a dotted line and four dots on the vertex's
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Draw a silicon tetrahedron.
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hardness
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What creates the unique physical properties of a mineral?
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the same mineral can be different colors
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why is color NOT a good property to ID a mineral
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a glass plate and a rock or mineral
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What minerals do you need to preform a hardness test?
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size of their cyristals
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Minerals are IDed by the...
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most exposed surface rocks are mostly igneous
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Only a small # of earths minerals are commonly found in rocks...this fact indicates that...
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they are composed mostly of minerals
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What do most igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks have in common?
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all rocks are minerals bit not all minerals are rocks
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how is a rock different from a mineral?
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