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Minerals

  • Game Code: 1885114
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    What are minerals? How are minerals identified? The uses of minerals
  •   Study   Slideshow
  • A student uses a coin and an iron nail to test how well a mineral can resist scratching. What property is being tested?
    hardness
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  • The color of the powder left behind when you rub the mineral against a tile.
    Streak
  •  15
  • What is the name of the scale used to determine a mineral's hardness?
    Moh's scale
  •  15
  • The way a mineral's surface reflects light
    Luster
  •  20
  • A naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a definite chemical make-up and a repeating crystal structure
    mineral
  •  15
  • What is the hardest mineral on Moh's Scale?
    Diamond
  •  15
  • List two uses for minerals.
    medicine, fertilizer, jewelry, building materials, cosmetics, cooking materials , salt
  •  20
  • Why is ice a mineral, but water is not?
    Ice is a solid and water is a liquid. All minerals are solid.
  •  15
  • Which mineral has a metallic luster , made up of Carbon and soft with hardness between 1 and 2 in Mohs scale?
    Graphite
  •  20
  • Are minerals solid, liquid or gas?
    solid
  •  15
  • The capacity of a mineral to attact iron , steel and other metals is called
    magnetism
  •  20
  • What property describes how light can travel through a mineral?
    transparency
  •  20
  • The relationship between the mass and volume of the mineral is called
    density
  •  15
  • The softest mineral on mohs scale
    talc
  •  15
  • Minerals are organic or inorganic?
    inorganic
  •  15
  • The crystal structure, is always the same for each mineral or is different?
    always the same
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