Mineral Properties
This property is tricky because it isn't very reliable. However, you can easily see it by looking at the mineral.
What is color?
TRUE or FALSE: Minerals are all around us.
What is TRUE.
These are the three types of rocks.
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
What is weathering?
Name one example of an igneous rock.
What is obsidian, basalt, and granite?
To test this property, a mineral is scraped along a piece of white porcelain.
What is streak?
TRUE or FALSE: Minerals can be identified using only one of their properties.
What is FALSE!
This kind of rock is formed when magma cools and hardens.
What is igneous?
TRUE or FALSE: There are 120 types of rocks on Earth.
What is FALSE?
Small piece of rock are also known as this.
What are sediments or fragments?
This property of a mineral is tested by scraping it against different materials, like a penny, nail, or glass plate.
What is hardness?
This property of a mineral describes its ability to reflect light.
What is luster?
These two factors must be applied to form a metamorphic rock.
What are heat and pressure?
TRUE or FALSE: One kind of rock is capable of becoming another type of rock and return to its original form over a long period of time.
What is TRUE?
This process has to occur after magma melts in order to form an igneous rock.
What is cooling?
If a mineral displays this type of breakage, you are able to see very flat surfaces.
What is cleavage?
TRUE or FALSE: Minerals are made from living things.
What is FALSE?
You can expect to find sand, pieces of shells, and small rock fragments inside of these rocks.
What is sedimentary?
TRUE or FALSE: Rocks never disappear. Instead, their materials are constantly recycled.
Name two processes involved in creating sedimentary rocks.
What are weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation.
This type of breakage is uneven and jagged.
What is fracture?
This type of scientist studies minerals.
What is a mineralogist?
This type of rock often displays ribbon-like layers and shiny crystals.
What are metamorphic rocks?
As rocks sink deeper into the Earth, these two factors increase.
What are temperature and pressure?
Explain how minerals and rocks are related.