Minerals

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

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

• streak
• hardness
• cleavage
• fracture

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The color of a minerals powder

• luster
• streak
• hardness
• texture

Minerals are the building blocks of _____________.

• elements
• atoms
• fossils
• rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The hardest mineral on the Mohs Hardness scale

• Talc
• Obsidian
• Diamond
• Quartz

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The softest mineral on the Mohs Hardness scale

• Gypsum
• Talc
• Diamond
• Feldspar

A substance composed of a single kind of atom

• element
• compound

Minerals are inorganic which means that

• they were once parts of living things.
• renewable
• they were never part of anything living.
• they are nonrenewable

Why is coal not a mineral?

• It's not a solid
• It is man-made
• It is not inorganic
• It is made of carbon