Minerals and Rocks in the Geosphere

What is the geosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• all the frozen water on the Earth

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

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The layers of the Geosphere are

• Core, Mantle and crust
• Minerales, rocks and magma
• Nucleum, cortezum and rocks
• Troposphere and Estratosphere

Which of the following characteristics must a substance have for it to be considered a mineral?

• It must be a solid, a liquid or a gas of geological origin.

• It must be a solid,

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Which of the following characteristics must a substance have for it to be considered a mineral?

• It must be formed by rocks.

• It must be inorganic

Lustre is....

• How a mineral breaks along a flat surface.

• The colour of a mineral when it is ground up.

• The appearance of a mineral’s surface when it reflects light.

Hardness is....

• How resistant the mineral is to being scratched.

• How a mineral breaks along a flat surface.

• How a mineral breaks along a flat surface.

The 2 types of minerals are Silicate and non silicate

• true

• false

The streak colour is always the same as the colour of the mineral.

• FALSE

• TRUE

PIcking and carrying away pieces of Earth material is _______________

• erosion

• lithosphere

• geologist

• fossil

A scientist who studies Earth is called ______________

• erosion

• ore

• mineral

• geologist