5th grade Science Study for Quiz 1B

A characteristic of a mineral determined by how easily it can scratch other minerals

• Luster

• Hardness

• Streak

• Crystal Structure

An inorganic substance found naturally in the earth

• crystal

• rock

• mineral

• glass

Minerals can be formed from cooled, melted

• rock

• lava

• glass

• diamonds

Some minerals that are found in the earth's crust are located in...

• lava

• crystals

• glass

• veins

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

the mark left by a mineral when rubbed on a harder surface is its

• hardness

• luster

• streak

• cleavage

This characteristic is shown by particles in an orderly arrangement

• luster

• crystal structure

• cleavage

• streak

Breaking of a mineral unevenly in many directions is called

• cleavage

• fracture

• splintering

• structure

Something that is made of things that have never been alive

• organic

• mineral

• lava

• inorganic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The breaking of a mineral along smooth, straight lines or into flat sheets is called

• particles

• fracture

• veins

• cleavage

The characteristic of minerals that is determined by how it reflects light

• hardness

• streai

• luster

• crystal structure