A mineral must be inorganic, which means that it contains

• compounds

• materials made by humans

• parts of living things

• no materials that were once part of living things

Hardness:

• It’s the ability of some minerals to break in geometric shapes

• It's the stripe colour of a mineral

• It's a measure of a mineral’s resistance to being scratched

• None of the answers is correct

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

• luster
• streak
• cleavage
• fracture

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Why is coal not a mineral?

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

Diamond has a hardness of ___ on Mohs Hardness Scale.

• 1
• 5
• 8
• 10

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

The repeating pattern of a mineral's particles forms a solid called a(n)

• crystal

• element

• compound

• rock

Formed by heat and pressure

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Extrusive Igneous
• Intrusive Igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Formed by compacting & cementing of sediments

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Extrusive Igneous
• Intrusive Igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Identify this type of rock. 

• igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary

Identify this type of rock. 

• sedimentary
• igneous
• metamorphic
• fossil