Minerals, Elements & Atoms

How a mineral reflects light from its surface

• crystal
• luster
• streak
• refraction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The property of splitting easily along flat surfaces

• fracture
• hardness
• cleavage
• streak

How a mineral splits apart when it does not break evenly:

• streak
• hardness
• cleavage
• fracture

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A ranking of a minerals from softest to hardest

• streak test
• luster test
• Mohs hardness scale
• fracture

The hardest mineral on the Mohs Hardness scale

• Talc
• Obsidian
• Diamond
• Quartz

A substance composed of a single kind of atom

• element
• compound

Minerals are the building blocks of _____________.

• elements
• atoms
• fossils
• rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What are the two groups of minerals?

• Silicate Minerals & Non-Silicate
• Carbonates & Non-Carbonates
• Sulfates & Non-Sulfates
• Oxides & Non-Oxides

The most abundant element in Earth's continental  crust (by weight) is_________.

• calcium
• silicon
• oxygen
• iron

The central region of an atom is called the _______.

• proton
• electron
• nucleus
• neutron

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1