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Earth Science - Minerals #minerals #earthscience #regents
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Which minerals are found in a silicate mineral?
Oxygen and Silicon
Aluminum and Oxygen
Iron and Aluminum
Aluminum and Silicon
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Breaking along even/flat surfaces is an example of which property?
Hardness
Fracture
Cleavage
Luster
3
What tool do you use to test a minerals hardness?
Squeezing it
Glass Plate
Find the density
Porciline Plate
4
Three samples of Pyrite, different sizes, all have the same...
mass
size
density
volume
5
What is the hardness of quartz?
9
2
5
7
6
Which of the following groups are all minerals?
granite and basalt
feldspar and olivine
cobbles and silt
conglomerate and shale
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How do we classify minerals?
How they were formed
Type of rock they are in
Size of crystals
Their physical and chemical properties
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Which mineral fizzes in acid (HCl)?
Calcite
Feldspar
Quartz
Talc
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What color do we generally find Sulfur in?
Clear
White
Purple
Yellow
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The way light reflects of a surface...
Shinyness
Magic
Cleavage
Luster
11
What mineral is pink, and cleaves in two directions at 90
o
Galena
Potassium Feldspar
Olivine
Quartz
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A minerals shape is determined by....
abundance in nature
Internal arrangement of atoms
Color
Hardness
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What are minerals composed of?
Sand
Bubbles
Minerals
Crystals
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Which mineral is the hardest?
Galena
Garnet
Olivine
Biotite Mica
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What is the shape of a silicon -oxygen unit? (silicate minerals)
sphere
pyramid
cube
cylinder
