Mineral Identification

How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's 

• luster
• streak
• cleavage
• fracture

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The color of a mineral in powder form is called the mineral's 

• hardness
• specific gravity
• luster
• streak

Diamond has a hardness of ___ on Mohs Hardness Scale.

• 1
• 5
• 8
• 10

Dull, silky, waxy, pearly, and earthy are terms that best describe which property of minerals?

• luster
• color
• streak
• cleavage

How do you test the hardness of a mineral? 

• Tap it gently with a rock hammer

• Drop it from a known height

• Scratch Test
• Compression test

This mineral is salt and is used to flavor our tables and melt ice on our roads?

• quartz
• sulfur
• halite
• calcite

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The solid, geometric form of a mineral produced by a repeating pattern of atoms

• crystal
• density
• element
• fracture 

A mineral's resistance to being scratched is called?

• streak
• luster
• hardness
• heft

Are soil and sand minerals?

• yes

• no because they're basically liquid

• no because there are no crystals

• no because they're mixtures not compounds

-the name of the scale used to determine a mineral's hardness.

• Miller's scale of hardness

• The Scale of Hardness

• Mohs scale of hardness

• Mineral Hardness Scale