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| A mineral is a _____________ |
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| Naturally occurring inorganic solid definate chemical compound with an orderly arrangemnt of atoms |
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| Some mineral form when magma cools. Ture or False |
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| The phrase "cystal _____" refers to the repeating patterns in which atoms are arranged in a crystal. |
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| Some crystal are formed from minerals dissolved in liquid. True or False |
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When liquid evaporates, mineral molecules may come together to form crystals. True or false
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| Minerals that are different in other properties may be ______ in color |
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| What test help identify minerals?? |
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| What are the two types of luster? |
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| Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to break along a smooth, flat surfuse |
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| Mineral are becasue they contain beautiful substances |
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| What properties make titanium useful for tennis rackets and wheel chairs? |
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| 2 Minerals mined for titanium |
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| Products in which titanuim is used automobiles and aircraft |
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| Qualities of a stone that makes it a gemstone |
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| Qualities of a mineral that classify it as ore |
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| Most mineral are composed of______ combined with other elements |
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| A crystal is always liquid, cube, hexagon or none of these |
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| A mineral is classified as an ore as long as |
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| it is useful and profitable |
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| Titanium ores can occur as vein mineral deposits, beach sands, magma formed rocks or all of these |
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| Crystals can be cubic,monoclinic, tetragonal, or all of these |
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| All of the following are mineral EXCEPT salt, gold, sugar quartz |
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| One important use for titanium is |
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| Most common rock forming mineral are |
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| A salt crystal is __ in shape |
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One of the softest mineral is .......
(graphite diamond corundum amethyst) |
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| List all four characteristic of a mineral |
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| naturally occurring inorganic solid definate chemical composition orderly arrangement of atom |
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| What partly determines the type of mineral formed by cooling magma????? |
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| the SPEED in which the magma cools |
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| Magma that cools below Earth's surfuse forms__ rock |
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The process involved in the rock cycle include all of the following EXCEPT:
condensation, erosion, weathering, compaction |
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| Foliated rocks are distinguished by |
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| Lava that cools quickly forms _______ |
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Metamorphic rocks can be formed from all of the following except:
pressure, heat, hot fluid, or formation of mineral solutions |
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| formation of mineral solutions |
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| Quartz is a mineral Granite is |
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| A classification of metamorphic rock would include whether they are............ |
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| Sedimentary rocks are formed...... |
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| from already existing rocks that are weathered and eroded |
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| Andesitic rocks have mineral compositions between those of _____ and basaltic |
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| The changes in the rock cycle |
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| never create or destroy matter |
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| made of fragments of other rocks |
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| The rock cycle indicates that each type of rock can provide materials to make other rocks, form other types of rocks, be changed by natural processes, or all of these |
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| Pumice, obsidian, and scoria are kinds of |
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| The crystal that form in slowly cooling magma are generally |
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| Detrital rocks are named according to ... |
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| the size and shape of the sediments |
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| Sedimentary rocks are usually classified as detrital, chemical, or organic True or False |
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| The composition of a sedimentary rock depends upon the composition of the rocks and living things its sediments came from. True or False |
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| All igneous rocks are different depending on where the |
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| different magma came from |
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| Nonfoliated rocks do not have |
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