MINERALS

defined as a naturally –occurring, inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition and ordered internal structure.

• Minerals

• Mineraloids

VARIETY OF CONDITIONS WHERE MINERALS ARE FORMED

(steel, from lavas, igneous rocks)

• cooling of liquids

• high temperatures and pressures

• cooling of molten materials

• evaporation of liquids

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

these forms in high temperatures and pressures conditions

• (salt, sugar, reference to evaporites)

• (diamonds from coal, metamorphism)

• (steel, from lavas, igneous rocks).

• (saturated solution)

these form in cooling of liquids conditions

• (saturated solution)

• (salt, sugar, reference to evaporites)

• (diamonds from coal, metamorphism)

• steel, from lavas, igneous rocks)

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

salt, sugar, reference to evaporites forms in what condition?

• high temperatures and pressures

• cooling of molten materials

• evaporation of liquids

• cooling of liquids

Which of the following is NOT COMMON AMONG MINERALS

I. All are formed by natural processes.

II. All are alive

III. Have definite volume or shape.

IV. They are made up of particles that are arranged pattern that is repeated over and over

V. All are not alive and will never be alive

• IV

• I

• II

• III

• V

(General Characteristics of Minerals)

occurring; Minerals exist naturally. (Steel and synthetic diamonds are created artificially, and therefore, are not minerals)

• Naturally

• Ordered internal structure

• Definite chemical composition

• Solid

• Inorganic

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

All liquids and gases, even those that are naturally formed such as petroleum, are not considered minerals

• Ordered internal structure

• Inorganic

• Definite chemical composition

• Naturally

• Solid

; Minerals are limited to substances formed through inorganic processes, and exclude materials derived from living organisms which involved organic processes

• Inorganic

• Naturally

• Solid

• Definite chemical composition

• Ordered internal structure

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

express the exact chemical formula with the elements and compounds in specific ratios

• Naturally

• Inorganic

• Solid

• Ordered internal structure

• Definite chemical composition;

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-5