Minerals - S6E5b.

When minerals break EVENLY on a specific plane

• Fracture

• Geology

• Cleavage

• Color

created when white light is passed through a prism; the wavelength of light that is reflected back to your eye.

• Color

• Mineral

• Rock

• Streak

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a measure of mass per unit volume

• Temperature

• Density

• Mantle

• Streak

the study of the solid matter that makes up the planet. It is an earth science

• Biology

• Minerals

• Outer Core

• Geology

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

a characteristic of minerals. It describes the mineral's resistance to fractures or scratches.

• Streak

• Luster

• Hardness

• Cleavage

a description of the way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock, or mineral. (EX. Shiny, Dull, Pearly, Metallic)

• Fracture

• Luster

• Asthenosphere

• Crystal Structure

a solid, inorganic substance with a crystalline structure that is formed through geological processes

• Rock

• Magma

• Mineral

• Color

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

This system identifies the scratch resistance of various minerals through the ability of a harder material to scratch asofter material.

• Density Scale

• Geology

• Mohs Scale

• Minerals

a solid substance that is composed of minerals

• Minerals

• Rocks

• Plastic

• Water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

the color a mineral leaves behind after being dragged across an unweathered surface.

• Trail

• Color

• Streak

• Luster