1. MINERALS OF THE EARTH’S CRUST

2. 1 POINT What is a mineral?

3. 4 POINTS What are the 4 conditions that determine if an object is a mineral?

4. 1 POINT What is an element?

5. 1 POINT What is a compound?

6. 1 POINT What is a crystal?

7. 1 POINT What are the two groups of minerals?

8. 2 POINTS What two elements make up silicate minerals?

9. 2 POINTS Name two classes of nonsilicate minerals.

10. 3 POINTS Use the terms luster, streak, and cleavage in separate sentences.

11. 1 POINT What is a crystalline structure?

12. 1 POINT Which property is expressed in numbers? Fracture, cleavage, hardness, or streak

13. 1 POINT How do you determine the streak of a mineral?

14. 1 POINT Ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume (hint – m/v)

15. 3 POINTS What can change the color of mineral? Why is color not a good way to identify minerals?

16. 1 POINT What is the Mohs hardness scale?

17. 2 POINTS What are the two types of mining?

18. 1 POINT What can be mined for profit?

19. 2 POINTS What are the two types of surface mines?

20. 1 POINT What is reclamation?

21. 1 POINT How can mining hurt the environment?

22. 3 POINTS What are three conditions that are important in the formation of minerals?

23. 4 POINTS What are some uses for metallic minerals? Name at least two.

24. 4 POINTS What are some uses of nonmetallic minerals? List at least two.

25. 1 POINT Which nonmetallic minerals are highly valued for their beauty and rarity rather than their usefulness?