Physical Properties of Matter

Cleavage

• light is reflected off the surface

• the way some minerals break along certain lines of weakness

• light neither reflects or penetrates

• any characteristic of a material, such as state, color, and volume, that can be observed or measured without changing or attempting to change the material

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Ordered arrangement of atoms

• Solubility

• Crystal Structure

• Minerals

• Metallic

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

amount of mass in a given volume of a substance or object; found by dividing the mass of the object by its volume

• Density

• Luster

• Matter

• Volume

Dull

• the color of a mineral in powder form

• light neither reflects or penetrates

• light is reflected off the surface

• using the five senses to gain information

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Hardness

• the same throughout

• the ability of a mineral to resist being scratched

• light is not reflected off the surface

• some light penetrates the surface

not living or never has been living

• Dull

• Inorganic

• Nonmetallic

• Minerals

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

How the surface of a mineral reflects light; can be shiny, glassy, dull, or waxy

• Metals

• Vitreous

• Mass

• Luster

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Mass

• the amount of matter in an object; measured in grams (g)

• using the five senses to gain information

• some light penetrates the surface

• the color of a mineral in powder form

Metallic

• how the surface of a mineral reflects light; can be shiny, glassy, dull, or waxy

• light is reflected off the surface

• light neither reflects or penetrates

• ordered arrangement of atoms

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• Mass

• Density

• Observations

• Matter