Vocabulary
A naturally occurring solid made up of one or more minerals
What is a rock?
What a surface looks and feels like, how rough or smooth something is.
Texture
What is the Mohs hardness scale?
A scale to measure the hardness of rocks.
A feature or quality of a person, place, or thing.
Characteristic
Which way is the least useful when identifying a mineral?
Color
What is number 1 on the Mohs hardness scale?
Talc
Arrange a group of things in categories according to shared qualities or characteristics.
Classify
If two minerals look the same, feel the same, and are just as hard, what other test could you do to tell them apart?
A) See if the mineral floats in water.
B) Rub the mineral on a tile to see what color streak it makes.
C) Count how many sides the mineral has.
D) Taste the mineral to see what it is.
B) Rub the mineral on a tile to see what color streak it makes.
What is number 10 on the Mohs hardness scale?
Diamond
Break into smaller components for the purpose of study and examination.
Analyze
Which of these would be the least useful when identifying a mineral?
A) luster
B) hardness
C) shape
D) color
C) shape
What has a hardness of 7 on the Mohs hardness scale?
Quartz
An attribute, quality or characteristics of something.
Properties
All minerals have the same definite chemical composition.
A) True
B) False
B) False
What is the lowest number on the Mohs Scale?
1