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Mineral Properties
Weathering & Erosion
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Why is color NOT the best property used to identify a mineral? Give an example
Answer: Completely different minerals may share the same color OR The same mineral might come in a variety of colors. ex. Quartz
Define Luster. What are the two main subcategories?
Answer: Luster is the way a mineral reflects light.
Name and spell the title of the hardness scale
Answer: MOHS hardness scale
Name the 10 minerals on the MOHS hardness scale.
Name 3 UNIQUE or SPECIAL mineral properties.
ANSWER: Fizz with acid Odor Fluorescence Radioactivity Double Refraction Double Refraction
I am yellow. I am soft. I can smell like rotten eggs. Who am I?
Answer: Sulfur
I am a very soft. I am used in pencil lead. Who am I?
Answer: Graphite
I am a rhombus. I fizz in acid. I exhibit double refraction. Who am I?
Calcite Answer:
I am thin. I am flexible. I come in sheets?
ANSWER: Mica
I am gold in color. I have a green- black streak? Who am I?
ANSWER: Pyrite
Molten material found ON the Earth's surface.
Answer: lava
Answer: The original rock before it undergoes metamorphism
Describe the relationship between rate of cooling and crystal size in igneous rocks.
Answer: Slow cooling, Intrusive, large crystals Fast cooling, extrusive, small or no crystals
In which type of rock do you typically find fossils?
Answer: Sedimentary Rocks
Where would you find enough HEAT and PRESSURE to create a metamporphic rock?
Answer: Deep within the earth
What is the solid layer of rock beneath the soil?
ANSWER: Bedrock
The decayed organic matter in soil is called
Answer: Humus
ANSWER: A B C
How do soil organisms improve the soil?
ANSWER: They provide, waste, fertilization, and break up the compacted soil.
List three out of the four main soil decomposers
ANSWER: fungi, protists, bacteria, worms
Define: Weathering