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| NATURALLY EXISTING CHEMICAL COMPOUND |
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| MINERALS ARE IDENTIFIED BY? |
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| 4 CHARACTERISTICS OF MINERALS? |
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1.NATURALLY OCCURRING
2.CRYSTAL STRUCTURE/CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE
3.INORGANIC/NON LIVING
4.SOLID |
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| MINERALS ARE CLASSIFIED BASED ON CHEMICAL COMPOSITION INTO 2 GROUPS. WHAT ARE THE 2 GROUPS? |
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1.SILICATES
2. NON SILICATES |
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| 2 MOST COMMON ELEMENTS IN EARTHS CRUST? |
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| GEOLOGISTS LABEL ALL MINERALS AS? |
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1.SILICATES
2. NON SILICATES |
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| SILICATES ARE MINERALS THAT CONTAIN? |
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| COMBINATIONS OF SILICON AND OXYGEN IN THERE STRUCTURE. |
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| MINERALS WITHOUT SILICON AND OXYGEN |
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| THE STRUCTURE OF A CRYSTAL IS MADE BY A REPEATING PATTERN OF? |
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| LARGE CRYSTALS ARE FORMED BY ? |
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| SUPER-HEATED ROCKS THAT COOL SLOWLY |
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| WHERE ARE THE LARGE CRYSTALS FORMED? |
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| 9 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF A MINERAL ARE? |
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| COLOR,STREAK,HARDNESS,CLEAVAGE OR FRACTURE,CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE,MAGNETISM,LUSTER,CHEMICAL COMPOSITION,SPECIFIC GRAVITY |
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| WHAT IS MOHS' HARDNESS SCALE? |
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| A SCALE FROM 1-10 MEASURES HARDNESS OF A MINERAL |
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| MINERALS ARE IDENTIFIED BY HARDNESS IS TESTED BY? |
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| WHAT PHYSICAL PROPERTIES CAN BE EXPRESSED IN NUMBERS AND SHOWS HOW THAT SUBSTANCE WITHSTANDS BEING SCRATCHED? |
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| ON MOHS' HARDNESS SCALE WHAT MINERAL IS THE SOFTEST? |
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| ON MOHS' HARDNESS SCALE WHAT MINERAL IS THE HARDEST? |
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| WHAT IS A MINERALS STREAK? |
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| THE POWDER LEFT BEHIND WHEN A MINERAL SCRATCHES AGAINST A STREAK PLATE. |
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| THE COLOR OF THE POWDER THAT A MINERAL LEAVES ON A PIECE OF WHITE UNGLAZED PORCELAIN IS? |
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| THE TENDENCY OF A MINERAL TO BREAK ALONG A FLAT SURFACE IS? |
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| THE TENDENCY OF A MINERAL TO BREAK IN AN UNEVEN MANNER IS? |
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| WHEN QUARTZ BREAKS UNEVENLY ITS CALLED A? |
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| WHEN A DIAMOND BREAKS ITS CALLED? |
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| THE LEAST ACCURATE FOR FIGURING OUT MINERALS IDENTITY? |
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| THE MOST COMMON CLASSIFICATION OF A MINERAL IS BASED ON? |
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| HOW LIGHT REFLECTS OF A MINERAL IS? |
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| LUSTER IS IS DESCRIBED AS? |
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| METALLIC AND NON-METALLIC |
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| A SPECIAL PROPERTY AND APPLIES TO ONLY A FEW MINERALS. |
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| CLEAR BECAUSE IT HAS FEW IMPURITIES INSIDE |
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| NATURALLY OCCURRING SUBSTANCE (CRYSTALLINE AND SOLID) |
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| ROCKS AND MINERALS ARE NOT? |
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| MINERALS, NATURALLY EXISTING COMPOUNDS |
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| THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ROCKS ARE ? |
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| A MINERAL AN HAVE MORE THEN ONE TYPE OF ROCK IN IT? T OR F |
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| A ROCK CAN HAVE MORE THEN ONE TYPE OF MINERAL IN IT? T OR F |
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| ALMOST EVERY PRODUCT IN DAILY LIFE CONTAINS MINERALS THAT HAS TO BE MINED? TRUE OR FALSE |
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| MANY MINERALS USED BY PEOPLE COME FROM ROCKS AND MINERALS? T OR F |
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| WE USE CARBONATE MINERALS IN? |
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| CEMENT,BUILDING STONES AND FIREWORKS |
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| CARBONATES MINERALS CONTAIN? |
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| THE 2ND MOST COMMON ELEMENT IN EARTH? |
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| LIST COMMONLY USED MINERALS |
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ALUMINUM-BUILDINGS
BARIUM-RUBBER
COPPER-CABLES
LEAD-BATTERIES
SILICA-COMPUTER CHIPS
TITANIUM-MISSILES
URANIUM-SUBMARINES |
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| NATURALLY INORGANIC SOLID W/ A CHEMICAL COMPOSITION |
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| ATOM OF ONE THING, CANNOT BE BROKEN DOWN |
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| OCCUR IN NATURE, PURE FORM NOT AS COMPOUND.. GOLD AND SILVER |
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| NATURAL RESOURCE,LIMITED, CAN NOT REPLACE, OIL AND COAL |
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| CONTINUOUS FORCE ON N OBJECT |
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| NOT MADE FROM LIVING MATTER |
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| CONSTRUCT,PLAN,GIVE A PATTERN (LIKE TO BUILD A STRUCTURE--LIKE A HOUSE IS A STRUCTURE |
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| THE WAY A MINERALS SURFACE WHEN LIGHT REFLECTS OFF IT |
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| MINERALS TO BREAK OFF ALONG A FLAT SURFACE |
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| COLOR OF THE POWDER A MINERAL LEAVES BEHIND |
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| MINERALS CONTAIN CARBON AND OXYGEN |
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| MINERAL CONTAINS SILICON AND OXYGEN |
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