What are the 5 types of cleavage?
Types of cleavage
- Determinate.
- Indeterminate.
- Holoblastic.
- Meroblastic.
How does mineral break apart in an irregular way?
Fracture describes how a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way.
Why do you think some minerals are easier to identify than others?
4. Why do you think some minerals are easier to identify than others? -I think some minerals are easier to identify because they have characteristics that not many other minerals have. Take for example sulfur, it was the only mineral in the book that had yellow to white color for streak color test.
Why is color not always reliable when identifying minerals?
Why is color not a reliable way to identify a mineral? Because weathering and impurities can change the color. the way a mineral reflects light from its surface.
Which is not a property used to identify minerals?
Explanation: Color is rarely very useful for identifying a mineral.
What are two signs of a closed fracture?
Most people who experience a closed fracture will have pain, bruising, and swelling. Other symptoms might include being unable to move the area or having an abnormal bend or twist in the limb. Some people hear a snap or crack when the break occurs.
What is the most painful type of fracture?
Leg bones are usually some of the strongest in the body and it takes a big impact such as a serious fall or a car accident for them to break. A fracture that occurs lower down the femur is classed as a broken leg rather than hip and is one of the most painful breaks to experience.
Which bone is most painful to break?
The 4 Most Painful Bones To Break
- 1) Femur. The femur is the longest and strongest bone in the body.
- 2) Tailbone. You could probably imagine that this injury is highly painful.
- 3) Ribs. Breaking your ribs can be terribly distressing and quite painful.
- 4) Clavicle. You’re probably asking, what’s a clavicle?
What is the weakest bone of your body?
Femur is the longest, heaviest and strongest bone in human body. It is located in your thigh. Clavicle or the collar bone is the softest and weakest bone in the body.
What is the weakest part of a bone?
The weakest bone in the human body is the spine or spinal cord, or sometimes it can be the nose as well. The weakest bone is the ethmoid bone in the nasal region as it is paper thin. The stapes in the middle ear is very delicate too and the body’s smallest bone.