Different __________ can help you identify different minerals.

• properties

• names

• sample sizes

• locations

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is one factor that can cause quartz to be in different colors?

• Impurities

• Temperature

• Pressure

• Light exposure

What two factors can cause pyrite to change colors?

• exposed to air & water

• oxidation

• temperature

• pressure

• exposure to pressure & temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Using color to identify a mineral is the most reliable way to identify an unknown mineral.

• True

• False

Different minerals can be the same color.

• True

• False

The same mineral can be different colors.

• True

• False

The color of the powdered form of a mineral is its ______________.

• streak

• luster

• hardness

• cleavage

What is the name of the item or tool that is used to find a mineral's streak? _________________

• streak plate

• compass

• magnifying glass

• ruler

The mineral’s streak is always the same color as the mineral.

• True

• False

Identifying a mineral based on streak is more reliable than color.

• True

• False