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Minerals
Properties
Vocab
100
What are rocks made up of?
Minerals
100
Johnny sorted his rocks into a group of gray rocks, black rocks and white rocks. Which property did he look at?
Color
100

Anything that you can observe about an object by using one or more of your senses.

Physical Attribute

200
What is the most common material found on earth?
Minerals
200
A rock that feels grainy is an example of which property?
Texture
200

What is the form or outline of a rock or mineral called?

Shape

300
Which mineral is the hardest?
Diamond
300
The way a rock reflects light is called ___________.
Luster
300

What are the hard, solid material that the surface of the Earth is made of. Made up of minerals.

Rocks

400
Tell one property used to classify minerals.
Color, size, texture, hardness, luster
400
Scratching a rock with your fingernail can show the rock's ___________.
Hardness
400

What is the Mohs scale?

A scale of hardness used in classifying minerals and rocks.

500
True/False: Minerals are not found in rocks.
False!
500
List the five properties of rocks that we have learned in class.
Color, texture, luster, hardness, size
500

Who studies the matter (Rocks and minerals) that make up the Earth?

Geologist