Natural Resources and Mining Test Review

Specific gravity is referring to a mineral's ability to reflect light.

• True

• False

Hardness is the resistance of a material to being scratched.

• True

• False

Most abundant mineral building elements are silicon and oxygen, known as silicates.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Structure of all minerals

• crystal

• ore

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Used to determine an unknown mineral's relative hardness

• Moh's

• hardness

A mineral's resistance to scratching

• Crystal

• Hardness

Minerals made from silicon and oxygen

• ore

• silicates

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NOT a mineral

• halite

• slate

Minerals in powder form

• streak

• cleavage

Minerals form due to all of the following processes EXCEPT

• evaporation out of solution

• compaction/crystallization

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3