Rocks and minerals

The color of a mineral in powder form is called the mineral's 

• hardness
• specific gravity
• luster
• streak

How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's 

• luster
• streak
• cleavage
• fracture

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Why is coal not a mineral?

• It's not a solid
• It is man-made
• It is not inorganic
• It is made of carbon

The following image shows what mineral property?

• Hardness
• Streak
• Cleavage
• Density

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

By definition, a mineral has which of the following characteristic(s)?

• definite chemical composition
• crystal structure
• naturally occuring
• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A mineral's resistance to being scratched is called?

• streak
• luster
• hardness
• heft

The size of a minerals crystals is determined by what?

• magma composition
• rate of cooling
• cleavage vs. fracture
• lava composition

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock

This rock was formed when magma cooled very slowly inside the Earth. What specific type of rock is it?

• Intrusive Igneous Rock
• Extrusive Igneous Rock
• Foliated Metamorphic Rock
• Clastic Sedimentary Rock

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NGSS.2-ESS1-1

Which of the words below describe broken up rock?

• stalactites
• magmas
• metamorphs
• sediments

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2