Minerals

How a mineral reflects light from its surface

• crystal
• luster
• streak
• refraction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The property of breaking, but splitting easily along flat surfaces

• fracture

• hardness

• cleavage

• streak

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

• streak

• hardness

• cleavage

• fracture

The color of a minerals powder

• luster
• streak
• hardness
• texture

Minerals are the building blocks of _____________.

• elements
• atoms
• fossils
• rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The most abundant group of minerals found in the Earth's crust are _________________

• silicates

• organics

• Non-silicates

Minerals are inorganic which means that

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

A substance composed of a single kind of atom, like Gold.

• element

• compound

Minerals are made of ________________________(s), which broken down into matter's most basic unit is called a(n) ______________________.

• atom, element

• element, atom

• element, compound

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Hardness:

• It’s the ability of some minerals to break in geometric shapes

• It's the stripe colour of a mineral

• It's a measure of a mineral’s resistance to being scratched

• None of the answers is correct