Minerals

What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?

• A rock is made up of one or more minerals, while a mineral is a naturally occurring inorganic solid with a specific chemical composition and a crystalline structure.

• Rocks are always man-made

• A mineral is a type of rock

• A rock is a type of mineral

What is the most common mineral group on Earth?

• Oxide minerals

• Carbonate minerals

• Silicate minerals

• Sulfide minerals

How do geologists identify minerals in the field?

• By smelling the minerals

• By using physical and chemical properties

• By listening to the minerals

• By tasting the minerals

True or false?

A mineral is a naturally occurring solid within the Earth with a definite chemical composition and crystal structure.

• That's true.

• That's false.

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Circle the area where the lava will harden the fastest creating igneous rocks after it cools and harden.

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What is the rock cycle?

• A way the earth creates new rocks and reuses old ones.

• A wresting move

• The time it takes the Earth to revolves around the Sun.

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A rock is a________.

• A mixture of random things, doesn't really matter what it is.

• A mixture of chemicals.

• A hard mixture of minerals that formed naturally.

Minerals are most accurately identified by testing which of the following properties?

• hardness, color, luster, dna , streak

• hardness , color streak , luster , magnetism , acid reaction

• color, streak , hardness taste

• color, streak , luster, weight

• Smell, touch, taste , sound,

A__________ scale is used to determine the hardness of a mineral.

• Moh' scale

• P.C.A Scale

• Rock scale

• Koh's scale

A diamond is the hardness known naturally found object on the Earth?

• No, that's false

• Yes, it's true