Minerals and Rocks

Minerals are only found in nature

• True

• False

Minerals can be man-made

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Minerals can be made of things that lived on Earth in the past

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Minerals have to be solids

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Each mineral has a specific crystal structure

• True

• False

Not all gems are minerals

• True

• False

Minerals can be identified only by their color and shape

• True

• False

Luster describes how _____ a mineral is

• Heavy

• Hard

• Smelly

• Shiny

• Dense

Cleavage describes:

• How well a mineral floats

• How hard a mineral is

• How a mineral breaks

• The streak a mineral makes

• How many stripes a mineral has

Rock that forms when magma or lava cools is called:

• Lithic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic