mineral properties

The color of a mineral in powder form is called the mineral's 

• hardness
• specific gravity
• luster
• streak

How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's 

• luster
• streak
• cleavage
• fracture

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The following image shows what mineral property?

• Hardness
• Streak
• Cleavage
• Density

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Diamond has a hardness of ___ on Mohs Hardness Scale.

• 1
• 5
• 8
• 10

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

Dull, silky, waxy, pearly, and earthy are terms that best describe which property of minerals?

• luster
• color
• streak
• cleavage

How do you test the hardness of a mineral? 

• Throw it against a wall
• Step on it
• Scratch Test
• Kick it until it breaks

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

A mineral's resistance to being scratched is called?

• streak
• luster
• hardness
• heft

How a mineral reflects light from its surface

• crystal
• luster
• streak
• refraction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The property of splitting easily along flat surfaces

• fracture
• hardness
• cleavage
• streak

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A ranking of a minerals from softest to hardest

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

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2