Minerals Quiz

A substance that forms in nature, is a solid, has a definite chemical makeup, and has a crystal structure

• Rock

• Mineral

• Element

• Mohs

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A naturally formed solid that is usually made up of one or more types of minerals

• Crystal

• Cleavage

• Rock

• Mineral

A substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler substance by ordinary chemical changes.

• Element

• Rock

• Streak

• Magma

A solid substance in which the atoms are arranged in an orderly, repeating, three-dimensional pattern

• Rock

• Lava

• Mohs

• Crystal

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The chemical makeup of an object; what its made of

• Density

• Cleavage

• Composition

• Streak

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The most common group of minerals; contain oxygen and silicon; rock-forming minerals

• Carbonates

• Silicates

• Hardness

• Rock

The second most common group of rock-forming minerals; contain carbon and oxygen

• Carbonates

• Silicates

• Cleavage

• Rock

The color of a mineral powder left behind when a mineral is scraped across a surface; a method for classifying minerals

• Color

• Hardness

• Streak

• Cleavage

The property of a mineral that describes the way in which light reflects from its surface

• Luster

• Fracture

• Cleavage

• Crystal

The property of a mineral that describes its tendency to break along flat surfaces

• Fracture

• Luster

• Hardness

• Cleavage