Rocks and Minerals Unit 6

True or False:
A mineral is a solid, nonliving material with a definite chemical makeup.

• True
• False

How could you determine the streak of a mineral?

• streak test
• balance test
• weight test
• scratch test

A solid material that is made up of one or more minerals.

• mineral
• rock
• fossil
• soil

What property of rock is being observed when looking for whether it is shiny?

• luster

• hardness

• streak

• color

What property of rock is being observed when looking at its hue or shade?

• streak

• hardness

• color

• luster

What is Hardness?

• The tendency of a mineral to split easily along flat surfaces.
• A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
• The way a mineral shines, or reflects light.

What is Luster?

• The color of a mineral when it is ground into a powder.
• A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
• The way a mineral shines, or reflects light.

What is a Mineral?

• A nonliving solid material that has a definite chemical make up and is found in Earth's outermost layer.
• A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
• The way a mineral shines, or reflects light.

What are 3 properties that are used to identify minerals?

• luster, color and sound
• smell, color and hardness
• luster, color and hardness
• luster, smell and hardness

Texture is based on:

• size & shape of a rock's mineral grains
• how/where a rock forms
• the minerals a rock is made up of