Minerals

Which of the following describes a metallic mineral?

• silver

• a mineral that conducts electricity, has a shiny surface, and is opaque

• copper

• all of the above

___ are pure substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by ordinary chemical means.

• Minerals

• Compounds

• Crystals

• Elements

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

Why is coal not a mineral?

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

By definition, a mineral has which of the following characteristic(s)?

• definite chemical composition
• crystal structure
• naturally occuring
• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What mineral is salt?

• quartz
• sulfur
• halite
• calcite

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The solid, geometric form of a mineral produced by a repeating pattern of atoms

• crystal
• density
• element
• fracture 

Which mineral smells like rotten eggs?

• talc
• sulfer
• mica
• pyrite

Inorganic means not made of living things.

• True
• False