Minerals are made of one or more:

• element

• color

• rocks

• structures

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Most minerals are made of:

• halides

• silicates

• quartzes

• oxides

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

All minerals have to be:

• organic

• liquid

• random structure

• naturally occurring

Minerals MUST be all of the following EXCEPT:

• crystal structure

• definite chemical composition

• organic

• inorganic

Peeling off in flat sheets means a mineral's breakage is:

• fracture

• cleavage

What is the least reliable way to identify a mineral?

• color

• streak

• hardness

• chemical composition

What is the luster of the mineral?

• metallic

• dull

• glassy

• waxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is the luster of the mineral?

• dull

• glassy

• metallic

• pearly

What is the luster of the mineral?

• dull

• glassy

• metallic

• waxy

What is the breakage of the mineral?

• fracture

• cleavage

• glassy

• metalilc