The Rock Cycle

What are three visible properties of minerals? Select all that apply.

• Color

• Luster

• Shape

• Streak

A naturally occurring, nonliving solid that has specific chemical makeup and a crystalline atomic structure is called?

• Rock

• Paper

• Mineral

• Scissors

How can you determine the hardness of a mineral?

• by how it feels

• by how easy it is to scratch

• by how it looks

• by how it tastes

What scale is used to measure mineral hardness?

• A ratio scale

• A fish scale

• A weight scale

• Mohs' hardness scale

Which mineral is the hardest?

• diamond

• talc

• quartz

• flouorite

Which is one of the four special properties of minerals?

• Size

• How it refracts (or bends) light

• It's color

• It's hardness

The color of the powder left behind when you rub a mineral against a rough white tile is called?

• Luster

• Hardness

• Streak

• Mineral

The way a mineral's surface reflects light is called?

• Luster

• Mineral

• Streak

• Hardness

A mineral's ability to resist being scratched is called?

• Mineral

• Streak

• Hardness

• Luster

Which of the following properties can be expressed by a number?

• Color

• Hardness

• Luster

• Streak