Mineral Review

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

• hardness
• specific gravity
• luster
• streak

The five characteristics that all minerals share are:

• Definite Chemical Composition, Color, Density, Igneous, and Solid
• Definite Chemical Composition,  Crystal Structure, Inorganic, Naturally Occurring, and Solid
• Cleavage, Faces, Hardness, Metamorphic, and Streak
• Cleavage, Crystal Structure, Density, Igneous, and Solid

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

• luster
• streak
• cleavage
• fracture

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What does the Mohs Scale measure?

• Streak
• Luster
• Hardness
• Cleavage

What mineral is the softest mineral on Moh's Hardness Scale and the main ingredient in baby powder?

• feldspar
• talc
• gypsum
• kaolinite

Diamond has a hardness of ___ on Mohs Hardness Scale.

• 1
• 5
• 8
• 10

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

To be a mineral, it must be...

• inorganic (not alive or ever been alive)
• A liquid
• Wood
• From outerspace

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which is a mineral

• Salt
• Potatoes
• Cupcakes
• Water

Which property of minerals can be described as , Red, blue, black, or green.

• Hardness
• Streak
• Color
• Luster

Which property of minerals can be described as how a mineral reflects light.

• Color
• Luster
• Streak
• Hardness