Minerals

The same mineral can come in several different colors.

• True

• False

A ranking of a minerals from softest to hardest

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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

the tendency of a mineral to break into irregular pieces

• fracture

• cleavage

• element

• Mohs scale

Mohs Scale is....

• A substance that forms in nature, is a solid, has a definite chemical makeup, and has a crystal structure

• A substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler substance by ordinary chemical changes. An element consists of atoms of only one type

• The most common group of minerals; contain oxygen and silicon; rock-forming minerals

• A scale used to describe a mineral’s hardness; based on the fact that a harder mineral will scratch a softer

the property of a mineral that describes its tendency to break along flat surfaces.

• luster

• cleavage

• lostness

• appearance

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The property of splitting easily along flat surfaces

• fracture
• hardness
• cleavage
• streak

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1