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MineralsMinerals
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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 ?
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Symbol for carbon twelve
What is C12 ?
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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?