- Distinguish between elements and compounds, cations
and anions, and isotopes and ions.
- List the chemical symbol and name of the eight most
common elements in the Earth's crust.
- List the four most common elements in the Earth's crust
in order.
- Distinguish silicon, silica, and silicates.
- Define a mineral and a rock and state their differences.
- State what characteristic is used to assign minerals
to their respective groups.
- List common rock-forming minerals from each of the
major mineral groups.
- Distinguish between felsic and mafic silicates minerals.
- Distinguish between an empirical classification and
a genetic one.
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