
Mineral exit ticket - The Squad
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- Q1Match the definition to the termUsers link answersLinking120s
- Q2A phosphorescent mineral glowsafter an ultraviolet light is turned off.at all timesin ultraviolet lightafter a fluorescent light is turned off.30s
- Q3What is asterism?a square shape that appears when a mineral reflects lighta circular shape that appears when a mineral reflects lighta six-sided star shape that appears when a mineral reflects lighta cat’s-eye shape that appears when a mineral reflects light30s
- Q4Isolated tetrahedralink with silicon or oxygen atoms.do not link with silicon or oxygen atoms.link only with ring silicates.do not exist in nature.30s
- Q5Double-chain silicates are formed whentwo single-chains of framework silicates bond to each other.two rings of single-chains bond to each other.two single-chains of tetrahedra link to each other by sharing oxygen atoms.double tetrahedra bond to each other.30s
- Q6What is chatoyancy?nonmetallic lustermetallic lusterbuoyancyCat's eye effect30s
- Q7Cubes, hexagonal prisms, and irregular masses are examples ofnonsilicate crystalline structures.geometric shapes.fluorescent crystalline structures.silicate crystalline structures.30s
- Q8What is radioactivity?another form of magnetismunstable atomic nuclei decay over time, releasing particles and energycontamination of organisms and mineralsstable atomic nuclei decay over time, releasing particles and energy30s
- Q9When each tetrahedron shares three of its oxygen atoms with other tetrahedra,sheet silicates are formed.ring silicates are formed.framework silicates are formed.single-chain silicates are formed.30s
- Q10When each tetrahedron is bonded to four other tetrahedra in a three-dimensional network, these crystalline aresheet silicates.chemical bonds.sheet silicates are formed.framework silicates.30s
- Q11Fluorescence is the property of a mineral that makes it glowafter an ultraviolet light is turned off.under ultraviolet light.without any light.after an infrared light is turned off.30s