Rocks and Minerals Unit 2

What question can I use to determine if the sample is a rock or mineral?

• Is it heavy?

• How hard is it?

• Is it made of more than one material?

• What size is it?

What does luster mean?

• The way a mineral shines or reflects light when it is dry. (metallic or non-metallic)

• How hard a mineral is.

• How a mineral feels.

• The hardness of a mineral

How do we measure the hardness of a mineral?

• Determine how shiny it is.

• Scratch test and Mohs hardness scale

• Describe the texure.

• See how easy it breaks.

What does texture mean?

• How shiny a sample is.

• How hard an object is.

• Describe how it feels, smooth or rough.

• What color the rock or mineral is.

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

I can identify a rock or mineral by size, shape, and weight.

• True

• False

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

You found a sample. You can determine if it is a rock or mineral by how many materials it is made of?

• True

• False

A student is testing attributes of a mineral. Which question would the student ask to determine the hardness?

• Is the mineral shiny?

• What is the texture?

• What color is it?

• How difficult is it to scratch the mineral?

Talc is the softest mineral.

• True

• False

Diamond is the hardest mineral.

• True

• False

You can scratch a Diamond with Talc.

• True

• False