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The number of protons of an element is known as the _________.
Atomic Number
The part of an atom NOT found in the nucleus is the _____.
Electron
The type of bonding when one atom gives up electrons and another atom gains electrons is ______.
Ionic Bonding
Sodium Chloride is an example of a compound which has ___ bonding.
Ionic
Mass Number refers to an atom’s number of ________.
Protons and Neutrons
The way a mineral reflects light is called ______.
Luster
A mineral’s resistance to scratching is called its _________.
Hardness
If a mineral breaks along parallel plains producing flat surfaces, it is said to exhibit _______.
Cleavage
What is a mineral’s streak?
The color of the mineral’s powdered form.
The mineral with hardness of 10 on Mohs Hardness Scale is _____.
Diamond
The type of rock formed from cooling magma or lava is _____.
Igneous
The rock type formed from additional heat and pressure “changing” the previous rock is ___.
Metamorphic
Igneous rocks with large crystals cooled where?
Underground
Metamorphic rocks which show layers or bands are said to be ___.
Foliated
Chemical, Clastic, and Organic are all types of what rock type?
Sedimentary
The difference between Conglomerates and Breccias is _______.
Shape of the grains.
Igneous rocks that cool fast are known as ________.
Extrusive
Conglomerates, breccias, sandstones, and shales are all types of ____ sedimentary rock.
Clastic
Fossils would be most likely to be found in which rock type?
Sedimentary
Pumice, scoria, rhyolite, basalt, and obsidian are all what type of igneous rock?
Extrusive
The energy source in which a dam plays a key role is _____.
Hydroelectric
Acid precipitation results from the burning of ______.
Fossil Fuels
What happens inside nuclear reactors to produce energy?
Splitting of the nuclei of atoms.
Heating a house by facing the windows to the southwest is known as _______ solar heating.
Passive
The most abundant fossil fuel in the world is _____.
Coal