Minerals

Select all the criteria a mineral must meet

• be a solid

• be inorganic

• have a definite chemical composition

• be naturally occurring

• have a crystal structure

What type of breakage happens when minerals breaks or splits into flat sheets

• fracture

• cleavage

• streak

• hardness

A mineral sample of pyrite (aka "fool's gold) appears metallic when light hits its surface.

Which physical property of pyrite does this describe?

• density

• color

• luster

• hardness

When finding the _________ of a mineral we use the equation:

mass / volume = ____

• mass

• density

• weight

• luster

What is Mohs scale used to test?

• density

• luster

• streak

• hardness

You notice a large mineral has fragments that have jagged, irregular edges... What physical property is this showing you?

• cleavage

• fracture

• hardness

• density

What is the color of the crushed powered from a mineral called that is left behind on a rough surface?

• streak

• hardness

• density

• color

You are grouping items in science class according to the Rules of Being a Mineral.

You been given pictures of gypsum, coal, corundum, paper, graphite & feathers

Category A:

gypsum, corundum, graphite

Category B:

coal, paper, feathers

Which rule of being a mineral did he use to help him classify the items he placed in the two categories?

• Useful vs Non-useful

• Inorganic vs Organic

• Crystal Structure vs Flat Structure

• Living vs Nonliving

Sometimes this physical property is not enough to identify minerals from each other because they could appear the same. Which property am I referring to?

• streak

• color

• hardness

• density

Students loves to eat rock candy. Rock candy forms in repeating patterns similar to minerals, with sharp edges and flat sides. Even though rock candy is not a mineral, which mineral rule does its formation follow?

• crystal structure

• inorganic

• definite chemical composition

• naturally occurring

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1