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Minerals

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  • What property describes how light can travel through a mineral?
    Transparency
  • What type of breakage is displayed here?
    Fracture
  • A student uses a penny and an iron nail to test how well a mineral can resist scratching. What property is being tested?
    Hardness
  • What are minerals called that are made of one single element?
    Native Elements
  • Which mineral has a metallic luster and is made up of Carbon?
    Graphite
  • The color of the powder left behind when you rub the mineral against a tile.
    Streak
  • What is the name of the scale used to determine a mineral's hardness?
    Moh's Hardness Scale
  • Are minerals solid, liquid or gas?
    Solid
  • Why is color not the best indicator of a mineral's identity?
    Some minerals come in many different colors.
  • Everything you can see is made of matter. True or False.
    True
  • A substance made up of two or more elements
    compound
  • What is the hardest mineral on Moh's Scale?
    Diamond
  • List two uses for minerals.
    medicine, fertilizer, jewelry, building materials, cosmetics, cooking materials (pots and pans), salt
  • A naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a definite  chemical make-up and a repeating crystal structure
    mineral
  • Why is ice a mineral, but water is not?
    Ice is a solid and water is a liquid. All minerals are solid.
  • Usually the same color as the mineral.
    Streak
  • What is the most abundant gas in the troposphere?
    Nitrogen
  • What do scientists us to organize elements?
    The Periodic Table
  • What type of breakage is displayed here?
    Cleavage
  • The way a mineral's surface reflects light
    Luster
  • What type of mineral would provide the greatest luster?
    A shiny or metallic mineral
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