What is a metallic bond?

The attraction between the "sea" of negativly and postivly charged ions

Ability to resist scraching or abrasion

Color of the mineral in powder form

What is a chemical bond?

The transfer or sharing of electrons

What is covalent bond?

A strong attractive force that holds 2 hydrongen bonds together

Tendency to break along planes of weak bonding

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1
What is a metallic bond?
A strong attractive force that holds 2 hydrongen bonds together
The transfer or sharing of electrons
The transfer or sharing of ions
The attraction between the "sea" of negativly and postivly charged ions
2
Which is not one of the 3 particles of an atom
Ions
Neutrons
Protons
Electrons
3
An example of a nonrenewable resource is coal
True
False
4
An example of a renewable resource is Iron
False
True
5
The atomic number changes daily
False
True
6
What 2 atoms make up 90% of Earth's crust?
Silicon and Hydrogen
You and me
Hydrogen and Oxygen
Silicon and Oxygen
7
What is hardness?
Appearence in reflected light
Tendency to break along planes of weak bonding
Color of the mineral in powder form
Ability to resist scraching or abrasion
8
Diamond is the harderst material on earth
False
True
9
What is luster?
Color of the mineral in powder form
Tendency to break along planes of weak bonding
Ability to resist scraching or abrasion
Appearence in reflected light
10
What is streak?
Ability to resist scraching or abrasion
Appearence in reflected light
Color of the mineral in powder form
Tendency to break along planes of weak bonding
11
Which is not an example of a dark silicate material?
Muscovite
Garnet
Amphiboles
Biotite
12
What is a chemical bond?
The attraction between the "sea" of negativly and postivly charged ions
A strong attractive force that holds 2 hydrongen bonds together
The transfer or sharing of electrons
The transfer or sharing of ions
13
Cleavage and fracture are 2 different things
True
False
14
Which is not true about what a mineral needs to be to be a mineral
Magnetic
Naturally occuring
Inorganic
Solid
15
Which is not an example of a non-silicate material?
Oxides
Carbonates
None of the above
Sulfides
16
Minerals and rocks are the same things
True
False
17
Which is not an example of a light silicate material?
Olivine
Quartz
Feldspar
Clay
18
What is covalent bond?
The transfer or sharing of ions
The attraction between the "sea" of negativly and postivly charged ions
The transfer or sharing of electrons
A strong attractive force that holds 2 hydrongen bonds together
19
What is cleavage?
Ability to resist scraching or abrasion
Color of the mineral in powder form
Tendency to break along planes of weak bonding
Appearence in reflected light
20
Minerals are the the building blocks of rocks
False
True

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