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Jeopardy!Jeopardy!

Jeopardy

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Environment Matter Minerals Symbols

Physical

Characteristics

Environment$100

This person is in charge of PA’s environment

Who is Gov. Schweiker?

Environment$200

The head of the EPA

Who is Christy Whitman?

Environment$300

The government agency that protects the environment

What is the EPA?

Environment$400

The state organization for the environment.

What is PennPirg?

Environment$500

This government official makes final national

decisions on the environment

Who is President Bush?

Matter$100

Building blocks of matter

What is an atom ?

Matter$200

A negatively charged particle in the nucleus of the atom

What is an electron ?

Matter$300

Protons plus neutrons equal

What is the atomic mass ?

Matter$400

Atoms of the same element with a different mass

What are isotopes ?

Matter$500

Electrically charged atoms formed by the loss or gain of

electrons

What are ions ?

Minerals $100

Softest mineral in nature

What is talc ?

Minerals$200

A single solid, element found in nature

What is a mineral ?

Mineral$300

The largest group of minerals in nature

What are silicates ?

Minerals$400

A mineral that is dangerous to our lungs

What is asbestos ?

Minerals$500

The general name for a rare and valuable mineral

What is a gem?

Symbols$100

Symbol for carbon

What is C?

Symbols$200

Symbol for water

What is H20?

Symbols$300

The symbol for sodium

What is Na ?

Symbols$400

Symbol for carbon twelve

What is C12 ?

Symbols$500

The symbol for salt

What is NaCl?

$100Physical Characteristics of

MineralsBright shiny surface of a

metal

What is luster ?

Physical Characteristics of minerals

$200Breakage along a rough

surface

What is fracture?

Physical Characteristics of minerals

$300The scale of hardness of

minerals

What is the Mohs Scale ?

Physical Characteristics of Minerals

$400To find the true color of a

mineral

What is the scratch test?

Physical characteristics of minerals

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The mineral that will not respond to the scratch test

What are diamonds?