Rock/mineral properties

How hard or soft a mineral is

• Hardness

• texture

• luster

• moh's hardness scale

A solid made of minerals

• minerals

• rock

• luster

• the streak test

How a rock reflects light (shiny or dull)

• streak

• hardness

• luster

• texture

A scale used to measure how hard a rock is

• Moh's hardness scale

• texture test

• rock

• hardness

All of the following are texture words except

• rough

• smooth

• shiny

• bumpy

Tags

NGSS.2-PS1-1

All of the following are luster words except

• smooth

• shiny

• metallic

• non-metallic

Questions a scientist would use to identify a rock would be?

• How hard is the rock?

• What is the rock's luster?

• What is the texture of the rock?

• How big is the rock?