Mineral Jeopardy Mineral Properties Mineral Formation Mineral Classification Mineral Identification Mining Minerals 100 200 300 400 500 600.

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Mineral Properties 100

What mineral property, measured on Moh’s scale, measures resistance to scratching?

hardnessTo Board

Mineral Properties 200

streak

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What mineral property shows the color of the powered mineral on a ceramic plate?

Mineral Properties 300

What mineral property makes a mineral break on a flat surface along a weak plane in the crystal structure?

cleavage

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Mineral Properties 400

What mineral property indicates how heavy a mineral is for its size? (It equals mass / volume.)

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density

Mineral Properties 500

What mineral property refers to how light is reflected from a mineral surface? (It may be metallic, glassy, dull, earthy, etc.)

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luster

Mineral Properties 600

What 5 criteria must be met to be considered a mineral?

solid, inorganic, naturally occurring,

fixed chemical compositiondefined crystal structure

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Mineral Formation 100

Name the process by which minerals form.

crystallization

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Mineral Formation 200

What type of minerals form from cooling magma or lava?

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igneous minerals

Mineral Formation 300

What type of minerals crystallize out of water?

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sedimentary minerals

Mineral Formation 400

What type of minerals form when heat and pressure change existing minerals into new minerals?

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Mineral Formation 500

What size crystals form when minerals grow very, very slowly?

large crystalsTo Board

Mineral Formation 600

Sedimentary minerals form when water evaporates or… (finish the sentence)

hot water coolsTo Board

Mineral Classification 100

What criteria is used to classify minerals as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic?

genesis ornature of crystal formation

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Mineral Classification 200

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What group of minerals is valued because they are quite hard, with brilliant luster and beautiful colors?

Mineral Classification 300

What group of minerals is mined out of the ground to get things such as iron, copper, and lead?

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metal ores

Mineral Classification 400

What is used to classify minerals according to their shape, such as hexagonal, cubic, orthorhombic, etc?

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crystal structure

Mineral Classification 500

What is used to classify minerals as oxides, sulfides, native metals, etc? (It tells what the mineral is made out of.)

compositionTo Board

BONUS JEOPARDY 600What do we call a mixture of a metal

and other materials? (Stainless steel is an example of this.) For an extra 600 points each, name what is added to iron to make strong and rust-resistant steel.

alloystrength = manganese, carbonrust stop = chromium, nickel

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Mineral Identification 100

What sedimentary mineral has a cubic cleavage and is mined for use as common table salt?

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Mineral Identification 200

What common mineral has no cleavage, hexagonal crystals, and is #7 on Moh’s hardness scale? (When impurities are present, it may be known as “smoky” “rose” or “amethyst”.)

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quartz

Mineral Identification 300

What useful mineral is mined for its iron content, and is commonly known as “fool’s gold”?

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pyrite

Mineral Identification 400

What common sedimentary mineral fizzes when exposed to weak acid and is #3 on Moh’s hardness scale?

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calcite

Mineral Identification 500

What useful mineral is made entirely of hexagonal plates of carbon and is mined for use as a lubricant or as pencil “lead”?

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graphite

Mineral Identification 600

What useful mineral is metallic, has cubic cleavage, and is very dense due to its lead content?

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galena

Mining Mineral 100

What mining method is most suitable for a “big blob” of ore just under the earth’s surface?

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open pit mining

Mining Mineral 200

What is the process of using heat to remove metals from crushed metal ores called?

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smelting

Mining Mineral 300

What mining method is most suitable for extracting thin veins of ore from deep within the earth?

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shaft mine

Mining Mineral 400

What mining method is most suitable for a wide layer of ore very near the earth’s surface? (This method is often used for coal mining.)

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strip mine

Mining Mineral 500

What is the process of returning the land to its near-original condition after mining it called?

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reclamation

Mining Mineral 600

What is the name of the mining method used to collect minerals that have already been naturally eroded and sorted by water?

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placer mining