Earth Science: Minerals

A mineral color of the powder left behind when it is scraped across a surface.

• trace

• streak

• scratch

• mark

A mineral's way in which light reflects from it's surface

• Reflection
• Luster
• Shine
• Gloss

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

If a minerals luster is shiny, then it is

• opaque
• transparent
• metallic
• nonmetallic

If a mineral's luster is dull then it is

• non-metallic
• transparent
• shiny
• metallic

The tendency of a mineral to break along a flat surfaces

• Splitting
• Cleavage
• Fracture
• Division

A mineral breaks into irregular pieces

• Hardness
• Fracture
• Cleavage
• Shine

A property of matter representing the mass per unit volume

• Volume
• Weight
• Mass
• Density

A mineral that is very dense

• gold
• diamond
• silver
• platinum

An example of a mineral that is less dense

• Gold
• Quartz
• Pyrite

What is the scale used to measure a mineral's hardness

• Newton scale
• Kelvin scale
• Mohs scale