Rocks and Minerals

What tool do you use to test a mineral's hardness?

• water

• clay tiles

• nail

• penlight

What tool do you use to test a mineral's true color?

• water

• clay tiles

• nail

• penlight

What tool helps you determine if a mineral is opaque, transparent, or translucent?

• water

• clay tiles

• nail

• penlight

A precious stone that has been cut or polished.

• fossil

• cleavage

• gem

• luster

What tool helps us determine the true color or smell of a mineral?

• water

• clay tiles

• nail

• penlight

The way a mineral reflects light.

• fossil

• gem

• cleavage

• luster

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Sedimentary rocks may have these remains of an organism inside of it.

• cleavage

• gem

• luster

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What makes a test of minerals a "fair test?"

• You test each mineral differently

• You test the mineral with a magnet

• You test each mineral the same exact way

• You test the mineral with a nail

What is the softest mineral?

• feldspar

• muscovite

• talc

• diamond

What is the hardest mineral?

• graphite

• fluorite

• diamond

• gypsum