• Minerals• Rocks

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The four characteristics of all The four characteristics of all minerals. minerals.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is solid, formed in nature, definite What is solid, formed in nature, definite chemical makeup, and crystal structure?chemical makeup, and crystal structure?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: 4 properties that can be used to 4 properties that can be used to identify a mineral sample.identify a mineral sample.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are color, streak, luster, What are color, streak, luster, cleavage or fracture, density, special cleavage or fracture, density, special properties and hardness?properties and hardness?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The least reliable property for The least reliable property for identifying a mineral.identifying a mineral.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is color? What is color?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: Mohs scale is measurement of this Mohs scale is measurement of this mineral property.mineral property.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is hardness? What is hardness?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The color of the powder left behind The color of the powder left behind when a mineral is rubbed across an when a mineral is rubbed across an unglazed tile.unglazed tile.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is streak? What is streak?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The 2 types of luster. The 2 types of luster.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are metallic and nonmetallic? What are metallic and nonmetallic?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The hardness values (numbers) of The hardness values (numbers) of the minerals that a sample of quartz the minerals that a sample of quartz (7) could scratch.(7) could scratch.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is 1-7? What is 1-7?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The mineral property that is a The mineral property that is a measurement of the amount of mass measurement of the amount of mass in a given volume.in a given volume.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is density? What is density?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: 3 special properties that a mineral 3 special properties that a mineral could possibly have.could possibly have.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are effervescence, conductivity, What are effervescence, conductivity, radioactivity, fluorescence, twinning radioactivity, fluorescence, twinning and magnetism?and magnetism?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: This determines whether a mineral This determines whether a mineral displays cleavage or fracture.displays cleavage or fracture.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is the strength of the bonds What is the strength of the bonds that hold the atoms together?that hold the atoms together?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The most common rock-forming The most common rock-forming mineral group.mineral group.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are the silicates? What are the silicates?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The 2The 2ndnd most common rock-forming most common rock-forming mineral group.mineral group.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are the carbonates? What are the carbonates?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: This mineral group is a combination This mineral group is a combination of a metal and oxygen.of a metal and oxygen.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are the oxides? What are the oxides?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: 3 ways that a mineral could possibly 3 ways that a mineral could possibly form within Earth and at the surface.form within Earth and at the surface.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is water evaporating, What is water evaporating, organisms form shells or bones, hot water organisms form shells or bones, hot water cools, molten rocks cools, heat and cools, molten rocks cools, heat and pressure cause changes?pressure cause changes?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The 3 main uses of minerals. The 3 main uses of minerals.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are art, technology, and What are art, technology, and industry?industry?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The mineral used for making glass The mineral used for making glass in windows.in windows.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is quartz? What is quartz?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: These are rocks that contain enough These are rocks that contain enough of a mineral to be mined for a profit.of a mineral to be mined for a profit.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is an ore? What is an ore?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The 2 types of mining. The 2 types of mining.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are surface and deep mining? What are surface and deep mining?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The 3 types of surface mining. The 3 types of surface mining.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are panning, strip mining What are panning, strip mining and open-pit mining? and open-pit mining?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: 2 differences between minerals and 2 differences between minerals and rocks.rocks.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is a mineral has a definite What is a mineral has a definite chemical makeup, crystal structure chemical makeup, crystal structure and is inorganic?and is inorganic?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The three types of rocks. The three types of rocks.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is sedimentary, igneous, and What is sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic?metamorphic?

• ANSWER: The type of rock formed at ANSWER: The type of rock formed at location A. location A.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is an intrusive igneous rock?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The process in which atoms rejoin The process in which atoms rejoin together differently as a result of heat together differently as a result of heat and pressure breaking the bonds that and pressure breaking the bonds that initially join atoms in minerals.initially join atoms in minerals.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is recrystallization?What is recrystallization?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The mineral that makes The mineral that makes igneous rocks lighter in color.igneous rocks lighter in color.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is silica? What is silica?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The name of an igneous rock The name of an igneous rock that contains no minerals.that contains no minerals.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is pumice or obsidian? What is pumice or obsidian?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The percentage of Earth’s crust that The percentage of Earth’s crust that is made of sedimentary rock.is made of sedimentary rock.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is 5%? What is 5%?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The 2 types of igneous rocks. The 2 types of igneous rocks.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are intrusive and extrusive? What are intrusive and extrusive?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The least durable or least The least durable or least weather-resistant rock type.weather-resistant rock type.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is sedimentary? What is sedimentary?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: 2 2 reasons why a metamorphic rock may be reasons why a metamorphic rock may be nonfoliated.nonfoliated.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is the rock was not exposed to high What is the rock was not exposed to high enough pressure or it is made of only one enough pressure or it is made of only one type of mineral?type of mineral?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The The name and type of rock that is composed name and type of rock that is composed of dead wood, bark, leaves, stems and of dead wood, bark, leaves, stems and roots.roots.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is coal and sedimentary?What is coal and sedimentary?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The carbonate mineral that The carbonate mineral that makes up limestone.makes up limestone.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is calcite? What is calcite?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: 3 3 features found in sedimentary rocks that features found in sedimentary rocks that can provide information about Earth’s can provide information about Earth’s past.past.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are crossbeds, ripples and mud What are crossbeds, ripples and mud cracks?cracks?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The process in which an existing rock The process in which an existing rock is changed by heat and pressure.is changed by heat and pressure.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is metamorphism? What is metamorphism?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The The difference between large and small scale difference between large and small scale metamorphic changes.metamorphic changes.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is large scale involves both heat and What is large scale involves both heat and pressure while small scale only involves heat pressure while small scale only involves heat or pressure?or pressure?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The arrangement of minerals The arrangement of minerals in flat or wavy parallel bands.in flat or wavy parallel bands.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is foliation? What is foliation?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The The metamorphic rock that slate changes into metamorphic rock that slate changes into when exposed to increased temperature when exposed to increased temperature and pressureand pressure

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is phyllite?What is phyllite?