1. 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 Basic Chemistry Minerals Rocks More Rocks Resources

2. The number of protons of an element is known as the _________.

3. Atomic Number

4. The part of an atom NOT found in the nucleus is the _____.

5. Electron

6. The type of bonding when one atom gives up electrons and another atom gains electrons is ______.

7. Ionic Bonding

8. Sodium Chloride is an example of a compound which has ___ bonding.

9. Ionic

10. Mass Number refers to an atom’s number of ________.

11. Protons and Neutrons

12. The way a mineral reflects light is called ______.

13. Luster

14. A mineral’s resistance to scratching is called its _________.

15. Hardness

16. If a mineral breaks along parallel plains producing flat surfaces, it is said to exhibit _______.

17. Cleavage

18. What is a mineral’s streak?

19. The color of the mineral’s powdered form.

20. The mineral with hardness of 10 on Mohs Hardness Scale is _____.

21. Diamond

22. The type of rock formed from cooling magma or lava is _____.

23. Igneous

24. The rock type formed from additional heat and pressure “changing” the previous rock is ___.

25. Metamorphic

26. Igneous rocks with large crystals cooled where?

27. Underground

28. Metamorphic rocks which show layers or bands are said to be ___.

29. Foliated

30. Chemical, Clastic, and Organic are all types of what rock type?

31. Sedimentary

32. The difference between Conglomerates and Breccias is _______.

33. Shape of the grains.

34. Igneous rocks that cool fast are known as ________.

35. Extrusive

36. Conglomerates, breccias, sandstones, and shales are all types of ____ sedimentary rock.

37. Clastic

38. Fossils would be most likely to be found in which rock type?

39. Sedimentary

40. Pumice, scoria, rhyolite, basalt, and obsidian are all what type of igneous rock?

41. Extrusive

42. The energy source in which a dam plays a key role is _____.

43. Hydroelectric

44. Acid precipitation results from the burning of ______.

45. Fossil Fuels

46. What happens inside nuclear reactors to produce energy?

47. Splitting of the nuclei of atoms.

48. Heating a house by facing the windows to the southwest is known as _______ solar heating.

49. Passive

50. The most abundant fossil fuel in the world is _____.

51. Coal