MINERALS- Practice Questions

A measure of the ability of a mineral to resist scratching

• hardness

• luster

• streak

The color of the powder of a mineral

• hardness

• streak

• luster

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The _______________________ of a mineral can be metallic or nonmetallic.

• luster

• color

How a mineral reflects light from its surface

• crystal
• luster
• streak
• refraction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The property of splitting easily along flat surfaces

• fracture
• hardness
• cleavage
• streak

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

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

• streak
• hardness
• cleavage
• fracture

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A ranking of a minerals from softest to hardest

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The hardest mineral on the Mohs Hardness scale

• Talc
• Obsidian
• Diamond
• Quartz

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Minerals are inorganic which means that

• they were once parts of living things.
• renewable
• they were never part of anything living.
• they are nonrenewable

Gold is an example of a/an

• compound
• element