Rocks and Minerals

Luster, texture, color, streak, and hardness describe a mineral's

• values

• properties

• rock

• smell

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

True or False: You can identify a rock or mineral by its color (you don't need to know any other properties)

• true

• false

What property describes how a mineral reflects light?

• color

• hardness

• luster

• magnetism

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which list below includes a list of words used to describe luster?

• glassy, pearly, metallic, dull

• red, brown, bronze, white

• heavy, light

• rough, chunky, large grains

Scratching the surface of a mineral will help you identify a mineral's:

• streak

• hardness

• luster

• color

True or False: Minerals are nonliving.

• true

• false

Which type of rock is formed by the cooling and hardening of lava or magma?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

Which type of rock has layers of minerals cemented together?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

Which type of rock is formed by heat and pressure deep inside the Earth?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

In which type of rock are fossils found?

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1