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Earth in Space Exam 2 Questions With Correct Answers
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geology //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //study //of //the //Earth's //geosphere
geosphere //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //solid //part //of //the //earth
mineralogy //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //study //of //minerals
mineral //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Any //naturally //occurring //solid, //inorganic //object //with //a
//definite //chemical //structure
properties /
/of //
a/
/mineral //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔color, /
/streak, /
/luster, /
/light /
/transmittance, /
/hardness, /
/tenacity, /
/cleavage, /
/habit, //density, //specific //gravity, //taste, //smell, //magnetic //properties, //chemical //reactivity
,color /
/(mineral //property) //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔least //reliable //way //to //identify //a //mineral
streak /
/(mineral /
/property) //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //color //of //a //mineral //in //its //powder //form //is //more
//reliable
light /
/transmittance //(mineral //property) //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔transparent: //see //through //
opaque: //no //light //
translucent: //kind //of //see //through
hardness /
/(mineral /
/property) //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔resistance //to //scratching/rubbing //without //breaking
mohs //scale //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔measures //hardness //of //a //mineral //from //1-10 //
1: //talk //(baby //powder) //
10: //diamond
you //can //scratch //minerals //together //to //see //which //is //harder //
pocket //knife: //4.5
fingernail: //2.5
tenacity //(mineral //property) //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔resistance //to //breaking/deforming //
to //measure //it //you //need //to //break //or //at //least //deform //the //mineral //
no //scale //to //measure //it
, cleavage /
/(mineral /
/property) //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔crystal /
/geometry /
/of //a //mineral //when //you //break //it //(classified //by //orientation //of //the //cleavage //planes)
habit /
/(mineral /
/property) //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //crystal //geometry //of //a //material //if //it //forms //without //confinement //
(most /
/of //the //time, //it //is //not //realized //as //most //minerals //form //with //at //least //some //confinement)
density //(mineral //property) //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔= //mass/volume //
every //mineral //has //its //own //density
specific /
/gravity /
/(mineral /
/property) //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //density //of //an //object //in //comparison //to //the //density //of //the //water //
= //density //of //substance/density //of //water
magnetic /
/properties /
/(mineral //property) //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔can //be //tested //if //it //attracts //metal
silicates //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //most //common //type //of //mineral //
Physics
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203
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Earth in Space Exam 2 Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // // // // //
geology //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //study //of //the //Earth's //geosphere
geosphere //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //solid //part //of //the //earth
mineralogy //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //study //of //minerals
mineral //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Any //naturally //occurring //solid, //inorganic //object //with //a
//definite //chemical //structure
properties /
/of //
a/
/mineral //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔color, /
/streak, /
/luster, /
/light /
/transmittance, /
/hardness, /
/tenacity, /
/cleavage, /
/habit, //density, //specific //gravity, //taste, //smell, //magnetic //properties, //chemical //reactivity
,color /
/(mineral //property) //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔least //reliable //way //to //identify //a //mineral
streak /
/(mineral /
/property) //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //color //of //a //mineral //in //its //powder //form //is //more
//reliable
light /
/transmittance //(mineral //property) //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔transparent: //see //through //
opaque: //no //light //
translucent: //kind //of //see //through
hardness /
/(mineral /
/property) //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔resistance //to //scratching/rubbing //without //breaking
mohs //scale //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔measures //hardness //of //a //mineral //from //1-10 //
1: //talk //(baby //powder) //
10: //diamond
you //can //scratch //minerals //together //to //see //which //is //harder //
pocket //knife: //4.5
fingernail: //2.5
tenacity //(mineral //property) //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔resistance //to //breaking/deforming //
to //measure //it //you //need //to //break //or //at //least //deform //the //mineral //
no //scale //to //measure //it
, cleavage /
/(mineral /
/property) //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔crystal /
/geometry /
/of //a //mineral //when //you //break //it //(classified //by //orientation //of //the //cleavage //planes)
habit /
/(mineral /
/property) //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //crystal //geometry //of //a //material //if //it //forms //without //confinement //
(most /
/of //the //time, //it //is //not //realized //as //most //minerals //form //with //at //least //some //confinement)
density //(mineral //property) //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔= //mass/volume //
every //mineral //has //its //own //density
specific /
/gravity /
/(mineral /
/property) //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //density //of //an //object //in //comparison //to //the //density //of //the //water //
= //density //of //substance/density //of //water
magnetic /
/properties /
/(mineral //property) //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔can //be //tested //if //it //attracts //metal
silicates //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //most //common //type //of //mineral //
