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Minerals Vocabulary and Concepts

This document contains vocabulary words and sample test questions about minerals from Chapter 3. It defines key terms like mineral, silicate, crystallization, magma, and lava. It also describes mineral properties such as luster, streak, cleavage, fracture, and density. An ore is defined as a deposit that can be mined for profit. The document provides a table of standardized test questions about minerals and rock types, formation processes, hardness, gemstones, and uses of minerals.

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Minerals Vocabulary and Concepts

This document contains vocabulary words and sample test questions about minerals from Chapter 3. It defines key terms like mineral, silicate, crystallization, magma, and lava. It also describes mineral properties such as luster, streak, cleavage, fracture, and density. An ore is defined as a deposit that can be mined for profit. The document provides a table of standardized test questions about minerals and rock types, formation processes, hardness, gemstones, and uses of minerals.

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Chapter 3, Minerals

Vocabulary Words

Mineral
A solid that is naturally occurring inorganic and has a crystal structure and
definite composition
Silicate
a member of the mineral group that has silicon and oxygen.
Cryzticalization
the process by which atoms form a solid with an orderly, repeating pattern.
Magma
molten rock stored beneath earth’s surface.
Lava:
magma that erupts onto earth’s surface.
Mineralogist
scientific who studies the distribution of minerals mineral properties and
their uses.

Luster
A way a mineral reflects or absorbs light at its surface

Streak
The color of minerals power
Cleavage
The breaking of a mineral along a smooth, flat surface.

Fracture
The breaking of a mineral along a rough or irregular surface.

Density
The mass per unit volume of a substance.

Ore
A deposit of minerals that is large enough to be mined for profit.

Gemstone

A rare and attractive mineral that can be worn as jewelry.


Standardize Test Practice pg 106 - 107,
Questions and Answers

1 Which is one of the two main families of rock-forming minerals?


A carbonates
B elements
C oxides
D silicates

2 The igneous rock above most likely


A contains very few minerals.
B cooled quickly.
C cooled slowly.
D formed on Earth's surface.

3. The process of crystallization


A breaks off particles from solids.
B forms ALL of Earth's minerals.
C is limited to cool solutions.
D only occurs in dry environments.

4 Which is the softest mineral?


A calcite
B diamond
C glass
D talc

5 Which is a gemstone?
A coral
B gypsum
C quartz
D ruby

6 Refer to the table above. The unknown mineral in the


Substances column is likely
A clay.
B cobalt.
C iron.
D silica.

7 Identify one of the common uses of copper complete the table


above.
A concrete
B insulation
C plastics
D plumbing

8 A penny has a hardness of 3. Glass has a hardness of 5.5. Based


on this information, which statement is true?
A Each can scratch the other.
B Glass can scratch the penny.
C Neither can scratch the other.
D The penny can scratch glass.

9. Minerals can form crystals as cools.


A conditioned air
B gasoline
C. magma
D purified water

10 The diagram above shows the internal arrangement of ions in


the mineral halite. What is halite's crystal shape?
A circular
B cubic
c cylindrical
D elliptical
11 Which type of rock contains enough of a desired substance that
it can be mined for a profit?
A diamond
B lava
C ore
D stone

12 Minerals are considered inorganic because they


A are nonliving.
B exist in liquids,
C form crystals.
D originate underground.

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