_______ is anything that takes up space

• Solid
• Matter
• Water
• Gas

The ________ measures how hard a mineral is.

• Miller Scale
• Dishong Scale
• Curly Scale
• Mohs Scale

Which mineral is the hardest on the Mohs scale?

• Talc
• Quartz
• Diamond
• Feldspar

___________ is the color of powdered mineral.

• Luster
• Streak
• Fracture

___________ describes how the mineral reflects light.

• cleavage
• magnetic
• luster

What mineral is what is in pencils?  You can write with it.

• feldspar
• magnetite
• graphite
• kaolinite

What does inorganic mean?

• Something that is living
• Something that is dead, but was once living
• Something that was never living

Dull, silky, waxy, pearly, and earthy are terms that best describe which property of minerals?

• luster
• color
• streak
• cleavage

Which of the following is the oldest?

• Layer L
• Intrusion D
• Intrusion H
• Layer E

Scientists use radioactive decay to measure...

• relative date
• absolute date
• half-lives
• time of day