Rocks and Minerals

Rocks and Minerals

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Other Sciences

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are the five characteristics that all minerals share?

Back

Definite Chemical Composition, Crystal Structure, Inorganic, Naturally Occurring, and Solid

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Means that the substance must occur in nature, it cannot be created or manufactured by people.

Back

Naturally Occurring

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Means that a mineral cannot come from something that was once living.

Back

Inorganic

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

This has a definite volume and shape, its particles are tightly packed together and cannot move easily.

Back

Density

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

This means the particles that make a mineral line up in a pattern that repeats over and over again.

Back

Crystal Structure

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A crystal has flat sides called ______ that meet in sharp edges.

Back

Faces

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Definite ___________ means that a mineral always contains certain elements in definite, or exact, proportions.

Back

Chemical Composition

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