Properties of Minerals

This branch of science includes natural sciences that relate to our planet.

• Earth Science

• Chemistry

• Life Science

• Botany

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Coal, oil, gas, uranium and geothermal energy are all examples of:

• mineral sources

• natural disasters

• energy resources

• fossils

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Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and landslides are all examples of:

• fossils

• rocks

• minerals

• natural disasters

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The remains of living things preserved in rocks.

• rocks

• minerals

• fossils

• natural disasters

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The mark left behind when a mineral is scratched on a streak plate is known as its _____.

• hardness

• luster

• streak

• fracture

When a mineral breaks off in sheets or along a smooth plane it is called _____.

• cleavage

• color

• hardness

• fracture

The Mohs Scale is used to measure this.

• luster

• fracture

• cleavage

• hardness

This is the way light reflects off a mineral.

• luster

• hardness

• fracture

• cleavage

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A mineral that looks like a metal is said to have _____ luster.

• shiny

• pearly

• metallic

• nonmetallic

Minerals that are shiny, dull, glassy, or pearly are known to have _____ luster.

• nonmetallic

• metallic

• sparkly

• mineral