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Holt Earth Science Ch 5
Minerals and Crystals
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Geology
11th Grade
01/28/2013

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Silicate & Nonsitlicate
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What are the two main groups of minerals ?
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Cubes, hexagonal prisms, irregular masses
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Which are nonsiliacate crystallie structures
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Two bonded single-chains
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A double-chain silicate
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Silicone & Oxygen
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What two elements must be present in a silicate ?
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Fluorite, Feldspar, Copper
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Which of the following groupings list only minerals ?
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Cats eye and Star
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Which of the following are Chatoyancy and Asterism associted with ?
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Grows when electrically charged
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A mineral is described as fluorescent when it ?
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Magnetism
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What mineral property involves iron ?
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Id not a good identifier
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Because many minerals are similar in color and certain elements many change the color ?
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Radioactive
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Unstable atomic nuclei decay over time into stable nuclei, causing a mineral to be ?
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Mineral shows a cat's-eye effect
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What is chatoyancy ?
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n ultraviolet light is turned off
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A phosphorescent mineral glows
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do not link with silicon or oxygen atoms
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Isolated tetrahedra
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A six-sided star shape appears when a mineral reflects light
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What is asterism ?
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Two single-chains of tetrahedra bond to each other
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Double-chain silicates are formed when
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Three common silicate crystalline structures
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Cubes, hexagonal prisms, and irregular masses are examples of
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Sheet silicas are formed
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When each tetrahedron shares three of its oxygen atoms with other tetrahedra
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It has a shiny surface
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Which of the following is NOT one of the four criteria for determining whether or not a substance is a mineral ?
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unstable atomic nuclei decay over time, releasing particles and energy
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What is radioactivity ?
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Streak
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The color of a mineral in powdered form is called the mineral's
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inorganic, with characteristic physical properties
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A mineral is a ntural solid that usally is ?
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chain by sharing oxygen atoms
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Single-chain silicates are silicate crystalline structures in which tetrahedra form a
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Diamond
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The hardest mineral on the Mohs hardness scale is ?
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glow under ultraviolet light
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Fluorescence is the property of a mineral that causes it no ?
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the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance
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Density is the ratio of ?
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They do not link with other silicon or oxygen atoms
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What is true of isolated tetrahedra ?
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two single-chains of tetrahedra bond to each other
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Double-chain silicates form when ?
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cubes, hexagonal prisms, octahedral prisms, irregular masses
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Which of these are common nonsilicate crystalline structures ?
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Luster
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Light that is reflected from a mineral's surface is called ?
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spily along specific planes, forming flat surfaces
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Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to
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