Unit 4 Test

The mark left behind after rubbing a mineral on a hard, rough white surface

• Color

• Fracture

• Cleavage

• Streak

Which of these is NOT a property used to identify a mineral?

• Color

• Streak

• Cleavage

• Weight

A type of rock that forms when molten rock cools

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Fossils

The way minerals can break into random pieces with no regulars shape

• Cleavage

• Hardness

• Fracture

• Color

Describes how easily a mineral can be scratched

• Color

• Crystalline

• Hardness

• Luster

Having a repeating, ordered, inside structure

• Minerals

• Crystalline

• Cleavage

• Streak

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The way in which the surface of a mineral reflects light

• Color

• Luster

• Streak

• Fracture

Naturally occurring, non-living solids that have a crystalline structure

• Minerals

• Color

• Fracture

• Luster

To glue together and become solid

• Sediment

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Cement

The color or range of colors that a mineral usually appears to be

• Fracture

• Cleavage

• Color

• Luster