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What is a mineral?

A naturally formed, inorganic solid with a crystalline structure

What are elements?

Pure substances that cannot be brokendown into simpler substances by ordinarychemical means.

What is a atom?

The smallest part of an element that has all the properties of that element.

What is a compound?

A substance made of two or more elementsThat have been chemically joined, or bonded Together.

What are crystals?

Solid, geometric forms of minerals Produced by a repeating pattern of atomsThat is present throughout the mineral.

What is hardness?(what does it refer to?)

Refers to a mineral’s resistance toBeing scratched.

What is the Moh’s hardness scale?

The scale that measures the hardness ofMinerals.

What is density?

The measure of how much matterThere is in a given amount of space.

What is the hardest mineral?

Diamond

What is the weakest mineral?

Talc

What is ore?

A word to describe a mineral depositLarge enough and pure enough to be Mined for profit.

What is deep mining?

The removal of minerals or other materialsFrom deep within the Earth.

What are two types of mining?

Surface mining, deep mining, strip mining

What is reclamation?

One way to reduce the harmful effectsOf mining is to return the land to its originalState after the mining is completed.

What is surface mining?

The removal of minerals or Other materials at or near the Earth’sSurface.

How is a sedimentary rock made?

Compacting and cementing

How is a igneous rock formed?

Melting and cooling

How is a metamorphic rock formed?

Heat and pressure

What are layers of sedimentary rocks called?

stratas

What is an extrusive rock?

A igneous rock that forms on the Earth’s surface.

What is a natural resource?

Any natural substance, organism,Or energy form that living things use.

What is a nonrenewable resource?

A resource that cannot be used again.

What are energy resources?

Natural resources that humans use to Produce energy.

What are fossil fuels?

Nonrenewable energy resources that form over Millions of years.

What are natural resources?

Gaseous fossil fuels.

What is the most used alternate energy source?

Solar energy