It is possible to tell one mineral from another because minerals have different _________________________.

Minerals cannot be identified by ____________________ alone because some minerals come in many different colors.

One property of minerals is the color of their powder when rubbed across a white tile. This is called its _______________________.

A mineral’s ______________________ is the way light bounces off of it.

Minerals are scratched in order to investigate the property called ________________________.

A rock that forms from magma or lava is called ________________________________.

You can often find fossils in __________________________________.

I am the property of a mineral that describes how light reflects off the mineral. What am I? _________________________

I formed when layers of sediment piled up and were pressed together. What am I? ______________________________

I formed deep inside the Earth. I was heated and squeezed by the weight of rocks above me. What am I? ________________________________

I formed when melted rock cooled and hardened, either inside the Earth or on the Earth’s surface. What am I? _______________________________