shiny minerals that are good conductors of heat and electricity
Nonmetalic
Metallic
Luster
Cleavage
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
True or False: A mineral is a living substance found in nature.
True
False
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
______ is the observable tint/look of a mineral.
Luster
Streak
Hardness
Color
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which is NOT a property used for identifying minerals?
Streak
Hardness
Taste
Color
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Hardness is a property that helps identify minerals. Scientists use a scale of 1-10 to show the hardness of a mineral. What number would be given to the hardest?
1
5
6
10
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The most obvious, but also least useful property when identifying minerals
Streak
Luster
Cleavage
Color
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Hardness is a property that helps identify minerals. Scientists use a scale of 1-10 to show the hardness of a mineral. What number would be given to the softest?
1
3
5
10
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Moh's Hardeness test is used to test the ________ of a mineral
Color
Hardness
Luster
Streak
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which is not an essential characteristic of any mineral?
Crystal Structure
Solid
Formed by inorganic process
naturally occurring
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A narrow channel of slab of mineral that is different from the surrounding rock is called?
Vein
Artery
strike
straw
14. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
If a rock breaks into an irregular pattern, then is is said it has ________.
Fracture
Cleavage
Luster
hardness
15. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Slow cooling magma leads to the formation of ___________ crystals.