How do minerals form?

What is a mineral?

Where does table salt come from?

What tool would you need discover whether a mineral has fracture?

Which of the following is a chemical property of a mineral?

The composition of a mineral represents its

For a science experiment, a student rubs a mineral against a porcelain plate. The students has just performed

Talc is a mineral used in powders, lubricants, and as a filler in paper. It is a soft mineral; so soft that in hardness tests it is commonly scratched with a

Ms. Puryear’s class has been studying properties of minerals in science. She has a mineral sample and wants to know which mineral it is. She performed a scratch test using her fingernail, a copper penny, glass, and a steel nail. Which property is Ms. Puryear testing?

Which property is not commonly used to identify minerals?

According to the Moh’s Scale of Mineral Hardness pictured, the sample mineral that will scratch gypsum but not apatite is MOST LIKELY

Muscovite breaks along a single plane to form flat sheets. This tendency to break along smooth planes is called

Jayden went on a field trip where he mined for minerals. He was so excited that he found real gold because it was yellow and shiny! His teacher asked him to do a test to prove that he had found real gold. He used a ceramic plate and scratched the mineral on the plate. He noticed a greenish black streak on the plate. Jayden was disappointed, because gold has a golden yellow streak. He had really found pyrite. Which test did Jayden use to determine if he had found gold?

This is a diagram of a rock found on a hiking trip. What can we conclude about minerals?

This chart above shows four minerals and the hardness of each. Which mineral from the chart would be the softest of the four?

Ms. Billings’ class is studying minerals. Ms. Billings wants her class to complete a test to find out the color of minerals found in certain rocks. Which test does Mrs. Billings want her class to complete?

Zykerria's teacher passed out a mineral that was white. When she tried to scratch it, she was able to scratch the mineral with her fingernail. The teacher also told her that this mineral is the softest mineral on Mohs Hardness Scale. Which mineral did Zykerria’s teacher give her?

Ms. Head is teaching her class about rocks and minerals. She holds up a rainbow chocolate chip cookie and explains that the cookie is like a rock. Next, she points to the different colored chocolate chips. What do the chocolate chips represent?

Pyrite or fool's gold is a common mineral. Like many minerals, scientists can identify pyrite by its internal repeating pattern, also called its

This mineral is composed only of one element, carbon. It is listed as the hardest on MOHs' Scale of Hardness. Which mineral is this?

Mineral hardness is rated from 1, the softest, to 10, the hardest. The table to the right shows some minerals with their hardness ratings. Which mineral listed in the table can be used to cut all the other minerals?

In Omarion's science book, there is a table that shows the Mohs hardness scale. The Mohs hardness scale lists the ten common minerals, from softest to hardest. Omarion’s teacher wants him to find the hardness of a diamond, which can scratch ALL other minerals. The diamond would have a hardness of