Rocks and Minerals

What is a mineral's LUSTER?

• the way the light reflects from its surface

• the mineral's elements and their arrangements

• the color that it makes when rubbed on a tile

• the way it breaks when you strike it with a wedge

If Kaley has a ruby who's luster is similar to a window. Which word describes the luster of the ruby?

• the ruby has a greasy luster

• the ruby has a glassy luster

• the ruby has an earthy luster

• the ruby has a metallic luster

You are looking at a collection of rocks. What is MOST LIKELY true about these rocks?

• They have the same shapes.

• They are made up of minerals.

• They have many fossils in them.

• They are made up of shells and sand.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

How are rocks and minerals similar to each other?

• Rocks and minerals contain different materials

• Rocks are made up of one or more minerals

• Minerals have crystals, but rocks do not

• Minerals are groups related to rocks

What type of resource is soil?

• human resource

• mineral resource

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

What are the four properties (tests) used to identify minerals?

• hardness

  temperature

  color

  shine

• shine

  streak

  color

  taste

• hardness

  color

  streak

  luster

• luster

  hardness

  taste

  temperature

Which word means:

No longer existing or living?

• minerals

• rocks

• extinct

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which word means:

Anything from nature that people can use

• renewable resource

• conserve

• erosion

• natural resource

Which word means:

Use less of something to make it last longer

• nonrenewable resource

• conserve

• fossil

• rock

Which word means:

The remains or traces of a plant or animal that lived long ago

• fossil

• minerals

• extinct

• conserve

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2