Minerals and Rocks

What is the best definition of a mineral?

• living substance
• non-living substance
• solid, organic substance
• naturally formed, inorganic, solid

Outside appearance of a mineral.

• streak
• hardness
• color
• breakage

Refers to a mineral's resistance to being scratched. 

• color
• cleavage
• hardness
• breakage

Color of a mineral in powdered form.

• hardness
• streak
• breakage
• density

Amount of matter in a given space.

• breakage
• hardness
• cleavage
• density

Which box is more dense?

• box B
• neither
• box A
• both have the same density

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

________________ is the softest mineral.

• Talc
• Diamond

________________ is the hardest mineral.

• Talc
• Diamond

Moh’s scale of hardness ranks minerals from 1 which is the _______________ to 10 which is the ________________.

• softest, hardest
• hardest, softest

Streak is more reliable in identifying a mineral than color. ( True  or  False )

• True
• False