Earths' spheres and Minerals Vocab

Land

• Lithosphere

• Atomosphere

• Hydrosphere

Air (gases)

• lithosohere

• atomosphere

• hydrosphere

water

• lithosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

A naturally occurring, inorganic substance with a definite chemical composition and a regular internal strucure.

• elements

• atoms

• minerals

• rocks

The way light interacts/reflects off a mineral. Metallic or non-metallic.

• Luster

• Cleavage

• Fracture

• Hardness

The tendency of a mineral to break along smooth flat surfaces or a stair-case pattern.

• Luster

• Cleavage

• Fracture

• Hardness

The tendency of a mineral to break with rough/jagged edges.

• Luster

• Cleavage

• Fracture

• Hardness

A minerals resistance to being scratched.

• Luster

• Cleavage

• Fracture

• Hardness

Moh's Scale (1-10) is used to determine the ______________ of a mineral.

• Luster

• Color

• Streak

• Hardness

The color a mineral displays in powdered form

• Hardness

• Cleavage

• Luster

• Streak