2. Who wants to be a SCIENCE MILLIONAIRE? Minerals of the Earth’s Crust!

3. A:B: FluoriteDiamond #1 What is the hardest mineral on Mohs Hardness Scale? C:D: Calcite Chuck Norris

4. Diamond

5. A:B: StreakShine #2 What term refers to the way light reflects off of a surface? C:D: LuminosityLuster

7. A:B: fluorescenceradioactivity #3 What is the property of some minerals that causes it to glow under UV light? C:D: magnetismoptics

8. Fluorescence

9. A:B: They form in natureThey are solids #4 Which of the following is not a characteristic of minerals? C:D: They are organicThey have a crystalline structure

10. They are organic

11. A:B: fracturecleavage #5 Conchoidal is a type of which of the following? C:D: streakNonsilicate mineral

12. fracture

13. A:B: plutonmetamorphic rock #6 What is the name for a large tear-drop shaped body formed from magma? C:D: gemstonepegmatite

14. Pegmatite

15. A:B: atomcompound #7 What is a substance made of two or more elements that have been joined chemically? C:D: elementmolecule

16. Compound

17. A:B: Surface miningQuarries C:D: Subsurface miningDrift Mining #8 What general term describes the type of mining that would be employed in a strip mine?

18. Surface Mining

19. A:B: plutonshot water solution #9 What type of mineral formation would occur from a change in temperature, pressure, or chemical make up? C:D: Metamorphic rockNone of the above

20. Metamorphic rock

21. A:B: oxidesNative elements #10 Which of the following is not a class of nonsilicate mineral? C:D: sulfides feldspars

22. Feldspars

23. A:B: CalciteHalite #11 An optical property of which of the following minerals will cause a double image? C:D: GypsumFluorite

24. Calcite

25. A:B: Length and widthMass and weight #12 What are the measurements required to find the density of an object? C:D: Mass and volumeWeight and height

26. Mass and Volume

27. A:B: Metamorphic rockLimestone #13 In which environment would you most likely find halite? C:D: Evaporating salt waterPlutons

28. Evaporating salt water

29. A:B: resolutionrestitution #14 What is the process in which land used for mining Is returned to its original state called? C:D: reparationsreclamation

30. Reclamation

31. A:B: 56110 #15 If an element has an atomic number of 56 and An atomic mass of 165.6, how many protons does it have? C:D: 109.4 None of the above

32. 56

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