SC.4.E.6.2 PROPERTIES OF MINERALS

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What property of a diamond makes it useful as a tool for drilling or cutting?

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Hardness

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After rubbing quartz and calcite together, Raquel observes that the quartz scratches the calcite. Which physical characteristic is Raquel most likely trying to investigate by scratching these two minerals together?

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Hardness

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A teacher shows her class a mineral called serpentine. She says the mineral is greasy or shiny, but not like glass. Which property of the mineral is the teacher describing?

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Luster

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A scientist finds a rock sample and wants to test its cleavage. Which action should the scientist do to test the cleavage?

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Break the rock to see what shape the pieces make.

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For identifying minerals, what word is used to refer to the color of a crushed mineral's powder?

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Streak

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Fossilized remains of plants, animals, and other rocks are pressed together inside of which type of rock?

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Sedimentary

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Which of these types of rocks form as a result of a very large amount of heat and pressure? Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary, Rockstars

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Metamorphic

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Which of these types of rocks are formed after magma cools? Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary, Rockstars

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Igneous

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Once a rock is classified as sedimentary, it cannot change to igneous or metamorphic.

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False