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The
Categories
Are
Mineral or
Not?
Mineral
Formation
Physical
Properties
Density
Vocab and
Miscellaneous
Mineral or
Not?
Mineral
Formation
Physical
Properties
Density
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Vocab
and
Miscellan
eous
Coal is not a mineral
because it is not
What is:
organic?
This type of solution is
characterized
by
What are two
water molecules
salt
main
ideas
of
moving into and out of
the cell
the same
the
cellattheory?
rate
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What is: mineral?
ice
What is: not a
mineral? (not
solid at room
temperature)
Maintaining
conditions
Granite, made up of
feldspar
and
quartz.
suitable for
survival
What is: not a
mineral? (Granite
is a mixture of two
different minerals)
All minerals must be
solid at room
temperature, inorganic,
have a specific chemical
composition, have a
definite crystalline
structure and this.
What is: naturally
occurring?
Minerals are made of
elements or this.
What is:
compounds?
How
many
The larger the crystalline
electrons
passthe
structure
of a mineral,
more
_______
and
space
it
through a circuit
had to grow in.
in 1 second?
What is: time?
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Minerals can form from
cooling ________, a molten
substance under the crust
of the earth.
What is: magma?
Water that contains so
much mineral that it
begins to crystallize out
is called ____
What is:
supersaturated?
Five of the most common
elements that form
minerals are
What is:
(any 5)
oxygen, silicon,
magnesium, aluminum,
iron, calcium, potassium,
sulfur?
The way a mineral reflects
light.
What is: luster?
If a mineral
scratches nothing of
hardness greater
than four, this is its
hardness.
What is: 4?
What of
is the
Strands
DNA;
If attractive
a mineral breaks
along
a
force
contain
perfect plane, it is said to
between
water
have
this.
directions for
molecules
called?
making protein
What is: cleavage?
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When a mineral is
dragged along a
porcelain plate, it is to
test for this property.
What is: streak?
This is the name for
a fracture that is
curved or clam
shaped.
What is:
conchoidal?
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The ratio of mass
to volume is this.
What is: density?
This is the ratio of the
density of an object to the
density of water at 4 °C.
What is: specific
gravity?
These are common units
for density.
What are: grams
per milliliter
(g/mL), or grams
per centimeter
3
cubed (cm )?
To find the volume of an
irregularly shaped
object, if you know its
density and mass, do
this.
What is: divide the mass
by the density (v=m/D)?
Specific gravity is an
excellent measurement for
mineral ID because of this.
What is: the density
is consistent for
minerals because they
have specific chemical
compositions?
If another student is
Minerals
that
are
prized
bullying or harassing
for
their
rarity
and
you will it stop if you
beauty.
ignore it?
What is:
gems?
What is an
owl pellet?
A mineral that contains
substances that are
economically useful.
What is: ore?
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A Mexican Eatery that
sounds like the mineral
hardness scale.
What is: Moe’s? 
Rocks are made of these.
What is: minerals?
5 of the most common
rock-forming minerals
What is: quartz, feldspar,
mica, pyroxene, amphibole,
olivine, garnet, calcite?
corn
What is: renewable?
Movement of
material into and
Sunlight and wind
out of the cell is
balanced
What is: renewable?
Scientist believe
the twogold
factors
that cause cancer
are
What is:
nonrenewable?
Daily
Fossil fuels
Double!
What is: nonrenewable?
Uranium for nuclear
power
What is:
nonrenewable?
Final
Jeopardy
Environmental
Science
Explain and give an example of
how a cost-benefit analysis can
yield different results depending
on the entity performing it.
What is: If Georgia Power companies
vs. the American Lung Association
were deciding whether or not it was
worth it to spend millions on
upgrading their pollution control
systems.
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