Chapter 2 Minerals

What is cleavage as it pertains to minerals?

• a substance composed of a single kind of atom
• the property of splitting evenly along flat surfaces
• how a mineral reflects light from its surface
• when a mineral breaks unevenly

What is cleavage as it pertains to minerals?

• a substance composed of a single kind of atom
• the property of splitting evenly along flat surfaces
• how a mineral reflects light from its surface
• when a mineral breaks unevenly

What is the Mohs scale used for?

• to determine the hardness of a mineral
• to determine the  luster of a mineral
• to determine the color of a mineral
• to determine the streak of a mineral

When light is reflected off a mineral surface, it is called __________

• streak
• luster
• fracture
• cleavage

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What determines the actual properties of a mineral?

• fracture and cleavage
• luster and hardness
• composition and structure
• specific gravity

What do Elements form when they combine?

• electrons
• compounds
• neutrons
• atoms

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The most abundant element in Earth's continental  crust (by weight) is_________.

• calcium
• silicon
• oxygen
• iron

What are the building blocks of minerals?

• rocks
• elements
• isotopes
• electrons

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The central region of an atom is called the _______.

• proton
• electron
• nucleus
• neutron

The smallest particle of an element that still retains all the element's properties is a(n) ________.

• compound
• atom
• isotope
• mineral