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Mineral Jeopardy
Mineral Properties Mineral Formation Mineral Classification Mineral Identification Mining Minerals
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Mineral Properties 100

• What mineral property, measured on Mohs scale,
  measures resistance to scratching?

hardness
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Mineral Properties 200

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

streak
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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.)

density
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Mineral Properties 500

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

luster
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Mineral Properties 600

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

solid, inorganic, naturally occurring, fixed
chemical composition defined 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?

igneous minerals
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Mineral Formation 300

• What type of minerals crystallize out of water?

sedimentary minerals
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Mineral Formation 400

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

metamorphic minerals
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Mineral Formation 500

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

large crystals
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Mineral Formation 600

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

hot water cools
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Mineral Classification 100

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

genesis or nature of crystal formation
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Mineral Classification 200
What group of minerals is valued because they are
quite hard, with brilliant luster and beautiful
colors?
gemstones
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Mineral Classification 300

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

metal ores
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Mineral Classification 400

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

crystal structure
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Mineral Classification 500

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

composition
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BONUS JEOPARDY 600

• What 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.

alloy strength manganese, carbon rust 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?

halite
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Mineral Identification 200

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

quartz
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Mineral Identification 300

• What useful mineral is mined for its iron
  content, and is commonly known as fools gold?

pyrite
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Mineral Identification 400

• What common sedimentary mineral fizzes when
  exposed to weak acid and is 3 on Mohs hardness
  scale?

calcite
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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?

graphite
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Mineral Identification 600

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

galena
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Mining Mineral 100

• What mining method is most suitable for a big
  blob of ore just under the earths surface?

open pit mining
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Mining Mineral 200

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

smelting
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Mining Mineral 300

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

shaft mine
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Mining Mineral 400

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

strip mine
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Mining Mineral 500

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

reclamation
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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?

placer mining
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