How are minerals classified?

Are natural, nonliving solid crystals that make up rocks

• minerals

• rocks

• hardness

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The way the surface of a mineral reflects light is called _________________ .

• taste

• hardness

• luster

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

How easily the surface of a mineral can be scratched is ________________ .

• cleavage

• hardness

• sedimentary

The color of the powder that a mineral leaves when it is scratched across a special plate is

called ___________________.

• streak

• fire

• luster

Minerals that break in smoothly, flat surfaces have _________________ .

• taste

• fire

• cleavage

All around the world, each mineral has the same chemical

• true

• fast

The crystals in each mineral are the same shape

• true

• false

Talk is the hardest mineral

• true

• false

The diamond is the hardest mineral

• true

• fast

All around the world, rocks have the same _________________ composition.

• chemical

• formed

• millions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1