Minerals

Which of the following would be the best description of the mineral property called luster?

• A minerals resistance to being scratched.

• The color a mineral gives off.

• How a mineral reflects light.

• Observing the color of the powder left behind when scraping across a surface.

In the lab, a student wants to identify two different minerals. So, she takes them and scrapes them across a plate to see the color of the powder they leave behind. What property of minerals is she testing?

• Color   

• Hardness

• Luster

• Streak

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A measure of a mineral's resistance to scratching. This is measured by scratching it against another substance of known hardness on the Mohs Hardness Scale.

• Color     

• Hardness

• Luster

• Streak

Which statement is the best example of the mineral property of cleavage?  

• The mineral broke and had jagged edges.     

• The mineral broke and had flat edges.

•   Minerals never break

• All are correct

What properties are used to identify minerals?

• Hardness, Luster, Color, Streak, Shape, Magnetism
• Diamond, Crystal, Topaz, Quartz, Apatite, Calcite
• Hardness, Luster, Color, Topaz, Talc, Fluorite

The hardest mineral is the ______________.

• Diamond
• Corundum
• Topaz
• Calcite

________________ is the color of a mineral in its powdered form.

• Streak
• Shape
• Magnetism
• Luster

The property of splitting easily along flat surfaces

• fracture
• hardness
• cleavage
• streak

How a mineral splits apart when it does not break evenly:

• streak
• hardness
• cleavage
• fracture

A ranking of a minerals from softest to hardest

• streak test
• luster test
• Mohs hardness scale
• fracture