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30 Cards in this Set
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What does everything have in common. (desk,table,chair)
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They're all made up of atoms.
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Protons are...
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Positively charged
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Neutrons are...
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Neutral
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Electrons are...
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Negatively charged
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If the mineral has 12 protons, 6 neutrons, and 13 electrons, what is it's atomic number?
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12
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If an atom gains or loses electrons...
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it gets an electrical charge
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what happens when there are equal number of protons and electrons in an atom?
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The atom is electrically charged.
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What is an Isotope?
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Atoms of an element that have different or differing numbers of neutrons.
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what is it called when ina bond that electrons are given or taken away?
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Ionic bond (Weak bond) table salt
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What bond is it when electrons are shared
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Covalent Bond (Strong bond) water
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What are silicates?
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A combination of silicon and oxygen in a mineral. EX: Quartz and Feldspar
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Carbonates are?
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A combination of carbon and oxygen. EX: Calcite
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Sulfates are?
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Combination of sulfer and oxygen. EX: Gypsum
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Oxides are?
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Oxygen bonded to another element.
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Halides and Sulfides are
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Minerals that contain NO oxygen
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What does gold, silver, copper, nickel, and iron have in common?
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They are all native elements
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What are 3 things that you can do to test minerals?
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The color, streak, luster, hardness, break, or special properties...3 of these.
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What is the least dependable characteristic?
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Color.
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What does luster mean?
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How light bounces off the mineral, metallic or non metallic.
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If a mineral is harder than a steel nail but is softer than a glass plate, what scale is it between?
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6
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What are the first ten elements?
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Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Flouriene, Neon.
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What is fools gold?
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Pyrite
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What color streak is gypsum?
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White
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