Unit 3 Minerals Test Review

Mineral or rocks from which useful metals or nonmetals can be profitably removed.

• Ore

• Rocks

• Metals

• Nonmetals

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The tendency of a mineral to break along smooth, flat surfaces.

• Cleavage

• Fracture

• Effervescence

• Luster

Color of the powder left by a mineral when it is rubbed against a hard, rough surface

• Streak

• Hardness

• Luster

• Cleavage

The comparison of the density of a mineral to the density of water.

• Specific Gravity

• Effervescence

• Crystal Shape

• Double Refraction

Break in a mineral with a rough or jagged surface.

• Fracture

• Cleavage

• Streak

• Luster

A mineral's resistance to being scratched.

• Hardness

• Cleavage

• Effervescence

• Streak

Not consisting of or deriving from living matter.

• Inorganic

• Organic

• Solid

• Liquid

The way light reflects off a mineral.

• Luster

• Streak

• Color

• Hardness

Rigid, geometrical structure due to arrangement of atoms in a mineral.

• Crystal Shape

• Double Refraction

• Cleavage

• Hardness

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Naturally occurring, inorganic, solid with a definite chemical composition and crystal shape.

• Mineral

• Rock

• Metal

• Nonmetal