Minerals

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a mineral?

• Solid

• Inorganic

• Smell

• Formed in Nature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which of the following would be the best description of the mineral property called luster?

• A minerals resistance to being scratched.

• The color a mineral gives off.

• How a mineral reflects light.

• Observing the color of the powder left behind when scraping across a surface.

The atoms within a mineral are arranged in an orderly, repeating three-dimensional pattern. Which of the characteristics of minerals does this statement describe?

• Solid          

• Inorganic

• Crystal Structure

• Made In Nature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

My teacher mentioned that in order for a substance to be a mineral, it has to be _____ or nonliving.

• Inorganic   

• Organic

• Mixture

• Liquid

In the lab, a student wants to identify two different minerals. So, she takes them and scrapes them across a plate to see the color of the powder they leave behind. What property of minerals is she testing?

• Color   

• Hardness

• Luster

• Streak

A measure of a mineral's resistance to scratching. This is measured by scratching it against another substance of known hardness on the Mohs Hardness Scale.

• Color     

• Hardness

• Luster

• Streak

Which statement is the best example of the mineral property of cleavage?  

• The mineral broke and had jagged edges.     

• The mineral broke and had flat edges.

•   Minerals never break

• All are correct

The breaking of a mineral unevenly in many directions is called

• fracture

• cleavage

• structure

• luster

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

• Living
• Nonliving
• Rock
• Small

The hardest mineral is the ______________.

• Diamond
• Corundum
• Topaz
• Calcite