Rocks and Minerals Vocab

A mineral is:

• a naturally occurring substance with a definite chemical composition

• a type of plant

• a man-made material

• a type of animal

A crystal is a solid material whose atoms are arranged in a highly ordered, repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions.

• A type of liquid

• A solid material with a repeating atomic pattern

• A gas with no fixed shape

• A plasma state of matter

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is luster in terms of minerals?

• The color of a mineral

• The way a mineral reflects light

• The hardness of a mineral

• The shape of a mineral

What does hardness measure in a mineral?

• The color of the mineral

• The weight of the mineral

• The resistance to scratching

• The luster of the mineral

The Mohs scale of hardness is used to measure what property of minerals?

• Color

• Luster

• Hardness

• Density

What is cleavage in minerals?

• The color of a mineral

• The way a mineral breaks along flat planes

• The hardness of a mineral

• The luster of a mineral

What is fracture in minerals?

• A type of cleavage

• A break in a mineral

• A type of mineral

• A mineral formation process

What is streak in terms of minerals?

• The color of a mineral in powdered form

• The shine of a mineral surface

• The hardness of a mineral

• The weight of a mineral

What is effervescence in minerals?

• A process of mineral formation

• A reaction with acid producing bubbles

• A type of mineral luster

• A method of mineral extraction

What is iridescence in minerals?

• A phenomenon where minerals change color when viewed from different angles

• A type of mineral that glows in the dark

• A process of mineral formation

• A method of mining minerals