Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary and Notes Directions: For each vocabulary word box you will need to write the book definition, find the picture that matches the word, and add any additional/ helpful notes. List of Vocabulary words: Minerals Crystals Density Hardness Luster Mass Streak Volume Cleavage Fracture Rocks Sedimentary Metamorphic Igneous Rock Cycle 1. Minerals Book Definition Picture
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Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary and Notes
Directions: For each vocabulary word box you will need to write the book definition, find the picture that matches the word, and add any additional/ helpful notes.
List of Vocabulary words:MineralsCrystalsDensityHardnessLusterMassStreakVolume
Directions: Match the pictures with the correct type of crystal system
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3. Hardness
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Mohs Scale Hardness Hardness of Common Object
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4. Luster
Book Definition
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5. Streak
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6. Fracture
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7. Cleavage
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Applying ScienceHow can you identify minerals?
You have learned that minerals are identified by their physical properties, such as streak, hardness, cleavage, and color. Use your knowledge of mineral properties and your ability to read a table to solve the following problems.
Properties of Minerals Mineral Hardness Streak Copper 2.5-3 Copper-redGalena 2.5 Dark gray
Gold 2.5-3 YellowHematite 5.5-6.5 Red to brownMagnetite 6-6.5 Black
Silver 2.5-3 Silver-white
Identifying the Problem
The table includes hardness and streak color for several minerals. How can you use these data to distinguish minerals? ____________________________________________________________________________________________
2. How could you distinguish copper form galena? What tool would you use?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. What would you do it two minerals had the same hardness and the same steak color?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. During metamorphism of granite into gneiss, what happens to minerals?a. They partly meltb. They become new sedimentsc. They grow smallerd. They align into layers
5. Which rock has large mineral grains?a. Graniteb. Basaltc. Obsidiand. Pumice
6. Which of the following rocks is a metamorphic rock?a. Shaleb. Granitec. Slated. Pumice
7. What forms when rocks are weathered and eroded?a. Igneous rock b. Sedimentc. Sedimentary rockd. Metamorphic rock