Properties of Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary List
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for the following definition? To a geologist, this refers to the size of the pieces that make up the rock or mineral. A rock could have a coarse, medium, or fine _______.
Texture
Color
Luster
Hardness
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for the following definition? The resistance of a rock to being scratched.
Hardness
Luster
Cleavage
Streak
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for the following definition? A hard, solid part of the Earth’s surface. Most are made of combinations of minerals.
Rock
Soil
Water
Sand
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for the following definition? A basic building block of all rocks, made up of one or more chemicals and is chemically the same all over the earth.
Minerals
Fossils
Sediments
Crystals
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for the following definition? A scale that measures hardness and can be used to help identify minerals.
Mohs Scale
Richter Scale
Beaufort Scale
Fahrenheit Scale
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for the following definition? Whether a rock or mineral is shiny, glassy, metallic or dull.
Luster
Hardness
Cleavage
Streak
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for the following definition? You can look through the rock and see details of an object behind it, like through a window glass.
Transparent
Opaque
Translucent
Reflective
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