Chapter 3 Jeopardy Minerals of the Earth’s Crust Hosted By Mrs. Gorglione

200 400 600 800 1000 Multiple choice Vocabulary Vocabulary II Fill in the Blank Fill in the Blank II Bonus 200 400 600 800 1000

Multiple Choice 200 Answer: d. impurities Question: Besides air and water, what can change the color of a mineral? a. pyrite b. location c. streak d. impurities Answer: d. impurities Home

Multiple Choice 400 Answer: c. supermetallic Question: Which of the following is NOT a type of luster? a. nonmetallic b. submetallic c. supermetallic d. metallic Answer: c. supermetallic Home

Multiple Choice 600 Answer: b. curved Question: On what type of surface does a fracture happen? a. smooth b. curved c. flat d. bright Home Answer: b. curved

Multiple Choice 800 Answer: d. talc Question: What is the softest mineral on the Mohs scale? a. diamond b. gypsum c. topaz d. talc Home Answer: d. talc

Multiple Choice 1000 Answer: c. streak Question: What is the color of a mineral in powdered form called? a. gas c. streak b. fracture d. liquid Answer: c. streak Home

Vocabulary 200 Answer: feldspar Question: forms from slowly cooled magma that solidifies into a pluton Answer: feldspar Home

Vocabulary 400 Question: forms in metamorphic rock Answer: garnet Home

Vocabulary 600 Answer: topaz Question: forms in tear-shaped pegmatites in hot fluid Answer: topaz Home

Vocabulary 800 Answer: gypsum Question: forms when a body of salt water evaporates Answer: gypsum Home

Vocabulary 1000 Answer: gemstones Question: Nonmetallic minerals that are valued for their beauty and rarity rather than their usefulness Answer: gemstones Home

Vocabulary II 200 Question: used to make fireworks Answer: carbonates Home

Vocabulary II 400 Question: used to make toothpaste Answer: sulfates Home

Vocabulary II 600 Question: used to make batteries Answer : sulfides Home

Vocabulary II 800 Question: copper and gold, for example Answer: Native Elements Home

Vocabulary II 1000 Answer: hardness Question: A mineral’s resistance to being scratched Answer: hardness Home

Vocabulary III 200 Question: the smallest part of an element Answer: atom Home

Vocabulary III 400 Question: a substance made of two or more elements that have been joined by chemical means Answer: Compound Home

Vocabulary III 600 Question: a solid whose atoms, ions, or molecules are arranged in a pattern Answer: crystal Home

Vocabulary III 800 Answer: Element Question: a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means. Answer: Element Home

Vocabulary III 1000 Answer: Native Element Question: a mineral that is composed of only one element Answer: Native Element Home

Fill in the Blank II 200 Question: The special property that causes some minerals to glow is __________________. Answer: Fluorescence Home

Fill in the Blank II 400 Question: Returning the land to the way it was before mining is called __________________. Answer: reclamation Home

Fill in the Blank II 600 Question: The ratio of an object’s mass to its volume is called ____________. Answer: Density Home

Fill in the Blank II 800 Answer: Surface Mines Question: Open pits and quarries are types of ____________. Answer: Surface Mines Home

Fill in the Blank II 1000 Question: Minerals that contain silicon and oxygen are ___________________. Minerals that are good conductors of heat and electricity are _________. Answer: Silicate Minerals; Metallic Minerals Home

Bonus Question Topic: Reading a Graph A sample of feldspar was analyzed to find out what it was made of. The graph below shows the results of the analysis. Use the graph below to answer the questions that follow. 1.The sample consists of four elements: potassium, aluminum, silicon, and oxygen. Which element makes up the largest percentage of your sample? 2. Silicate minerals, such as feldspar, contain a combination of silicon and oxygen. What percentage of your sample is composed of silicon and oxygen combined? 3. If your sample has a mass of 10 g, how many grams of oxygen does it contain? 4. Your sample of orthoclase has a hardness of 6. Which of the following minerals will scratch your sample? Home Answer: 1. Oxygen 2. 50% 3. 4g 4. Corundum