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Unit 2

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  • Minerals are inorganic or do not come from living things(True or False)
    True
  • The two types of crusts are the............
    continental crust and the oceanic crust
  • Each mineral on the scale can scratch the one below it, but not above it.(True or false)
    True
  • We classify minerals by......(5)
    colour, lustre/ shine, hardness, cleavage and streak.
  • The continental crust is made of .........
    Granite
  • This is how a mineral breaks up.
    Cleavage
  • The geosphere is divided into .............
    three layers
  • The_________ is the outer layer of the earth.
    crust
  • The oceanic crust is made of...........
    Basalt
  • A system that classifies minerals according to how soft or hard they are is called the.....
    Mohs scale