Rocks and Minerals 3rd Grade

Rocks are made of minerals.

• True
• False

Minerals are alive.

• True
• False

Luster tells if the rock is _____.

• hard
• color
• dull or shiny
• none of these

How do you tell the true color of a rock?

• smell the rock
• look at it
• hardness scale using Moh's Scale
• streak test on a streak plate

A diamond is a _____.

• rock
• mineral
• neither

A ______ is formed from the ground and has never been alive.

• mineral
• rock

Which is NOT a property to help you identify a mineral?

• hardness
• texture
• taste
• luster

Minerals can be used to make _____.

• jewerly
• counter tops
• food (salt)
• all of these

You can use ______ to help you determine the hardness of a mineral.

• Henry's Scale
• Matter's Scale
• Moh's Scale

Texture tells if a mineral is _____

• rough or smooth
• hard
• none of these