Minerals

A mineral is a _______________, naturally occuring solid that has its own regular arrangement of particles in it.

• Living
• Nonliving
• Rock
• Small

What properties are used to identify minerals?

• Hardness, Luster, Color, Streak, Shape, Magnetism
• Diamond, Crystal, Topaz, Quartz, Apatite, Calcite
• Hardness, Luster, Color, Topaz, Talc, Fluorite

The hardest mineral is the ______________.

• Diamond
• Corundum
• Topaz
• Calcite

____________ describes how a mineral's surface reflects light.

• Hardness 
• Luster
• Color
• Streak

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

________________ is the color of a mineral in its powdered form.

• Streak
• Shape
• Magnetism
• Luster

The property of splitting easily along flat surfaces

• fracture
• hardness
• cleavage
• streak

How a mineral splits apart when it does not break evenly:

• streak
• hardness
• cleavage
• fracture

A ranking of a minerals from softest to hardest

• streak test
• luster test
• Mohs hardness scale
• fracture

Minerals are the building blocks of _____________.

• elements
• atoms
• fossils
• rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Minerals are inorganic which means that

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