Mineral Quiz-6

What is a mineral?

• a non-living solid found in nature

• scratching another mineral

• breaking another mineral

• the hardness

What is hardness?

• whether a mineral can break an object.

• whether a mineral can be broken.

• whether a mineral can scratch something else or be scratched.

• whether a mineral can be shiny

What is the hardest mineral?

• Luster

• Rock

• Rock

• Diamond

Luster is:

• The color of a mineral

• The way light bounces off a mineral

• The way light appears on a mineral

• Whether a mineral can be scratched or can scratch something else.

The property of splitting easily along flat surfaces

• fracture
• hardness
• cleavage
• streak

The color of a minerals powder

• luster
• streak
• hardness
• texture

Minerals are inorganic which means that

• they were once parts of living things.
• renewable
• they were never part of anything living.
• they are nonrenewable

How light is reflected from the surface

• Shine

• Sparkle

• Luster

The color of the powder that a mineral produces when it is dragged across another surface

• Luster

• Streak

• Erosion

When a mineral breaks in an irregular way

• Break

• Fissure

• Fracture