Exam 2: Minerals: The Building Blocks of Rocks

Which one of the following describes a mineral's response to mechanical impact?

________ is the ratio of a weight of mineral to a volume of water of equal weight.

Cleavage is determined by ________ and ________ well formed planes of weakness in a stressed mineral structure

The Mohs scale is a relative measure of which physical property of minerals?

Which minerals that make up the Mohs scale are harder than a glass plate?

A compound is a stable chemical substance composed of two or more what?

What mineral class forms by the breakdown and weathering of rock-forming silicate minerals and are important constituents of soils?

What mineral is the hardest known substance in nature?

What ferromagnesian silicate mineral is named for its green colour?

The massive but tiny central core region of an atom is called the what?

In silicate minerals, cleavages occur ________.

The tendency for a mineral like quartz to break in a smoothly curved manner is termed ________.

Most ________ minerals are microscopic crystals of sheet silicates that form by the chemical weathering of feldspars, pyroxenes, amphiboles and micas.

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

Ferromagnesian minerals generally exhibit which of the following properties?

Which of the following has the highest specific gravity?

Orthoclase and plagioclase feldspars have quite different forms of cleavage.

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

In which type of chemical bonding are electrons shared between adjacent atoms?

Which of the following denotes the massive, positively charged, nuclear particles?