Minerals

A particle of a mineral that gives a rock its texture.

• crystal

• fracture

• grain

• clast

Minerals are _______, they do not come from or were not made by a once living organism.

• inorganic

• organic

• clastic

• chemical

The structure that forms when the atoms of a mineral form a repeating pattern.

• clast

• crystal

• grain

• streak

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The property of a mineral that describes when it breaks unevenly or irregularly.

• cleavage

• luster

• streak

• fracture

The property of a mineral that breaks in a pattern or a long flat surfaces.

• cleavage

• luster

• streak

• fracture

The description of how a mineral reflects light.

• cleavage

• luster

• streak

• fracture

The description of a mineral's powder.

• luster

• cleavage

• crystal

• streak

When a mineral is hit with a hammer, ______ is the property you are testing.

• hardness

• cleavage and fracture

• streak

• luster

Mohs scale is used to find the _____ of a mineral.

• hardness

• luster

• streak

• cleavage

This mineral shows

• cleavage

• fracture