Minerals

The color of the powder left behind when you rub a mineral against a white tile called a streak plate.

• Streak

• Luster

• Hardness

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Describes the way the surface of a mineral reflects light: shiny, sparkling, dull, or dark.

• Streak

• Luster

• Hardness

A mineral's ability to resist being scratched.

• Streak

• Luster

• Hardness

Which is the hardest mineral?

Which mineral CAN be scratched by quartz? Check the correct box.

Tags

54.3, 54.5

Some minerals can be used in nearly the same form they have in nature. They don't need much refining, or processing to remove other materials. List somethings you use that contains mineral(s).

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

​ (a)   minerals form only in nature.

• True
• Man-made
• Factory

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Almost all minerals are made from material that ways never alive?

• true

• false

Because of the high heat and pressure in this layer, carbon changes into hard sparkling crystals called diamond. What layer is that?

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

True or False. Water plays a role in forming some minerals.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4