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Jeopardy Earth Science

Properties of Minerals How Minerals Form Mineral Resources Classifying Minerals Vocabulary Capture the Chapter Jeopardy Final Jeopardy

Properties of Minerals for 200 The vast majority of minerals are __________________.

Properties of Minerals for 400 Earthy, shiny, waxy, metallic, and pearly are terms used to describe a mineral’s _________

Properties of Minerals for 600 Hard, colorful minerals that have a brilliant or glassy luster are _____________.

Properties of Minerals for 800 Friedrich Mohs invented a system to describe and compare the ___________ of minerals.

Properties of Minerals for 1000 Only a few minerals always have their own characteristic __________. This is why ___________ alone cannot be used to identify a mineral. (same word on each blank)

How Minerals Form for 200 Table salt is made from deposits of the mineral __________.

How Minerals Form for 400 Which of the following is NOT one of the six types of crystals? Cubic, Triclinic, Tetragonal, Metallic

How Minerals Form for 600 This factor determines the size of a mineral’s crystals.

How Minerals Form for 800 When ___________ from inside the Earth cools it forms crystal.

How Minerals Form for 1000 This rounded, hollow rock is often lined with mineral crystals.

Mineral Resources for 200 In the process called ___________, an ore is melted to separate the useful metal from other elements in the ore.

Mineral Resources for 400 A(n) ___________ mine is used when ore deposits occur in veins.

Mineral Resources for 600 A ________________ is anyone who searches for an ore deposit.

Mineral Resources for 800 A rock that contains a metal or economically useful mineral is called a(n) __________.

Mineral Resources for 1000 The mineral ____________ is used in the making of glass.

Classifying Minerals for 200 Dividing the mass of a sample of mineral by its volume will give you this.

Classifying Minerals for 400 Gold has a hardness of 2.5-3, Silver has a hardness of This is the name of the test for hardness.

Classifying Minerals for 600 This mineral is known as ‘fools gold’ because it has a similar luster and color to pure gold.

Classifying Minerals for 800 Based on the table above: This is a test you could do to determine the difference between gold and ‘fool’s gold’. MineralHardnessDensityLusterStreakColor Gold MetallicYellow Fool’s Gold MetallicGreenish, Brownish black Yellow

Classifying Minerals for 1000 These are the five qualities that quartz has which allows us to classify it as a mineral.

Vocabulary for 200 Steel is an example of a useful ______.

Vocabulary for 400 A mineral that splits apart easily along flat surfaces has the property called _____________________.

Vocabulary for 600 This is the name for a narrow channel or slab of a mineral that is sharply different from the surrounding rock.

Vocabulary for 800 Minerals form when a hot water solution cools and the minerals ____________________.

Vocabulary for 1000 A substance is ____________ if it did not arise from materials that were once part of a living thing.

Capture the Chapter for 200 This is the hardest material on the Mohs hardness scale.

Capture the Chapter for 400 This common mineral is formed when seas slowly evaporate and leave it behind.

Capture the Chapter for 600 This is the purpose for heating iron ore to a very high temperature in a blast furnace.

Capture the Chapter for 800 This is the name of the ore from which we smelt copper.

Capture the Chapter for 1000 These are the two methods by which minerals can form.

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Final Jeopardy This is an example of a mineral that forms through crystallization of a melted material.