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Use the link below to answer the following questions, USING COMPLETE SENTENCES: 1. Why is Friedrich Mohs famous? 2. What school did Mohs attend to learn about minerals and rocks? 3. Mohs' first job was as a foreman at a mine. What was his second job? 4. Seeing how botanists had classified plants, Mohs decided to group minerals together based on what characteristic? 5. Where did Mohs eventually get a job as a mineralogy professor? 6. What two common objects could scratch the mineral gypsum? 7. Do you think topaz could scratch glass? 8. Explain your answer for question 7. 9. What is an example of a mineral that could scratch calcite? 10. What is the only mineral that can scratch a diamond? |
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