minerals (criteria)

A natural solid substance that has a definite chemical composition and physical structure.

• rock

• mineral

• water

• plastic

Choose all criteria used to define a mineral.

(more than 1 correct answer)

• hardness

• specific atomic structure

• solid

• inorganic

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

_______________are the building blocks of all rocks.

Two ways to describe breakage of a mineral.

• cleavage

• hardness

• luster

• fracture

________________is a good way to start identifying a mineral, but because some minerals share this property, it is not the best way to identify a mineral.

Another word used to describe nonliving.

• living

• inorganic

• organic

Luster is a property that describes.

• the way a mineral reflects light.

• the way a mineral breaks

• the powder left behind when a mineral is streaked

• the hardness of a mineral

Because minerals can never be found as a liquid or gas, minerals always have to be found as a ____________________

Which is NOT a property of a mineral?

• color

• streak

• natural

• hardness

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

In our bean plant experiment, why can't we identify the water as a mineral?

• not natural

• not solid

• not inorganic