Mineral Characteristics and Properties

Minerals, Minerals, Let's talk minerals; they're described by properties that are

• Physical

• Mentical

• Spentical

• Bentical

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Luster refers to the way a mineral reflects light.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's Luster. Luster can be described the following way

• metallic/non-metallic (shiny or dull)

• soapy

• ugly/pretty

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Metallic is a description of this mineral property..

• fracture

• streak

• luster

• hardness

A person who studies rocks and minerals is called a...

• geologist

• astronomer

• chemist

• physicist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Fast cooling creates smaller crystals.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The five characteristics of minerals include:

Naturally occurring

Inorganic

Solid

____________________

Definite chemical composition (page 253, orange highlight)

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which characteristic of minerals is described as “not containing carbon and cannot have once been alive”? (page 253, pink highlight)

Scientists measure the ________of a mineral by observing how easily it is scratched or how easily it scratches something else. (page 254, orange highlight)

A mineral that breaks along rough or irregular surfaces displays. (page 255, pink highlight)