Mineral

This property is NOT very useful in identifying a mineral:

• Color

• Luster

• Hardness

• Streak

What is the relationship between a rock and a mineral?

• Rocks are made up of minerals.

• Minerals are made up of rocks.

• Rocks are on the Earth's surface. Minerals are found underground.

• Rocks and minerals are different names for the same thing.

Gneiss is a rock because it

• is hard and round.

• has crystals.

• is made of minerals.

• has mass.

Minerals are made of one or more

• minerals.

• sediments.

• elements.

• rocks.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A naturally formed, inorganic solid that has a crystalline structure is a

• Sulfide

• Sulfate

• Mineral

• Element

Which of the following is NOT a property of a mineral?

• luster

• color

• hardness

• size

Which mineral property is being shown here?

• luster

• hardness

• streak

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which is NOT a way to identify a mineral?

• Color

• Luster

• Boiling point

• Hardness

How can minerals be identified?

• By their physical properties

• By their color, luster, and hardness

• By their form, streak, and cleavage

• All of the above

How much a mineral resists scratching is

• Streak

• Fracture

• Hardness

• Cleavage