Earth Science Chapter 5

Which mineral is a 10 on Mohs hardness scale?

Which crystal system has three horizontal axes the same intersect at 120 degrees?

The most common silicate mainerals are the

What special property deals with glowing under UV light?

Last questions: Double refraction is a property of some crystals of

The ratio of a mineral's mass to its volume is its

A solid whose atoms, ions or molecules are arranged in a regular, repeating pattern

__ is the ratio of mass of a substance to volume.

What is the way of identifying a mineral in powdered form?

What scale do we use to measure the hardness of a mineral?

Which special property deals with an unstable nuclei?

What is the way of identifying a mineral by the way it reflects light?

Earth scientists that study minerals is called a

Which arrangement forms which each tetrahedra is bonded to four other tetrahedra?

Which major class of nonsilate minerals does gypsum belong?

Which kind of arrangement forms when two single chains bond to each other?

Which property deals with a star shape?

Which special property deals with continuting to glow after UV light is turned off?

What is the last question?

Which crystal system has three axes with unequal length?

Which crystal system has three axes of unequal length and oblique to one another?

Which special property deals with the cats eye effect?

What is the first basic question to see if a substance is a mineral?

Which special property deals with containing iron?

Which major class does hematite belong?

A ______________ is a natural, usually inorganic solid that has a characteristic structure.

Which crystal system has three axes at 90 degrees and two are equal, one longer?

A mineral that contains a combination of silicon and oxygen.

What special property deals with a double image?

When two single chains of tetrahedra bond to each other, it forms a

What are the two main groups of minerals?

What is the LEAST reliable way of identifying a mineral?

What type of tetrahedra does not link with any other silicon or oxygen atoms?

Which crystal system has 3 axes of length at 90 degree angles?

The words uneven and splintery describe a mineral's

Which major class does copper belong?

Which major class does halite belong?

What is the manner in which a mineral breaks along curved or irregular surfaces?

The words waxy, pearly and dull describe a mineral's

The tendency of a mineral to split along specific planes

Which of the following is NOT a mineral?

Which major class of nonsilicate minerals does calcite belong?

Ninety-six percent of Earth's crust is made up of

Which mineral is a 1 on Mohs hardness scale?

A mineral that does not contain compounds of oxygen and silicon

Which arrangement forms by a chain sharing oxygen atoms?

What is the second question?

The basic unit of the structure of silicate minerals

Which arrangement is formed each tetrahedra shares three of its oxygen atoms?