Mineral Characteristics Mineral Examples Key Mineral Characteristics General

Mineral Characteristics Mineral Examples Key Mineral Characteristics General Rock Intro 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500

Mineral Characteristics 100 What characteristic defines how “light reflects off of a surface”?

Mineral Characteristics 100 luster

Mineral Characteristics 200 What characteristic is defined as “resistance to being scratched” and is labeled with a number between 1 and 10

Mineral Characteristics 200 hardness

Mineral Characteristics 300 Which characteristic is defined as “the color of the mineral in powder form”

Mineral Characteristics 300 streak

Mineral Characteristics 400 When a mineral breaks in a specific way, it is said to have which characteristic

Mineral Characteristics 400 cleavage

Mineral Characteristics 500 Which characteristic can be calculated when its mass is divided by its volume

Mineral Characteristics 500 density

Mineral Examples 100 Softest mineral

Mineral Examples 100 talc

Mineral Examples 200 Mineral that breaks into sheets (cleavage)

Mineral Examples 200 mica

Mineral Examples 300 Mineral that smells like rotten eggs

Mineral Examples 300 sulfur

Mineral Examples 400 Mineral that tastes like salt

Mineral Examples 400 halite

Mineral Examples 500 Mineral with high density

Mineral Examples 500 galena

Key Mineral Characteristics 100 Diamond is known for which characteristic

Key Mineral Characteristics 100 hardness

Key Mineral Characteristics 200 Magnetite is known for which characteristic

Key Mineral Characteristics 200 magnetism

Key Mineral Characteristics 300 Graphite is known for which characteristic

Key Mineral Characteristics 300 streak

Key Mineral Characteristics 400 Calcite is known by 2 characteristics, name one

Key Mineral Characteristics 400 Cleavage or bubbling with acid

Key Mineral Characteristics 500 Copper is known by which characteristic

Key Mineral Characteristics 500 Flame color

General 100 All rocks are made of

General 100 minerals

General 200 Geology is the study of

General 200 The Earth

General 300 All minerals are made of how many different “substances”

General 300 1: they’re pure

General 400 One of the best indicators for identifying a mineral is

General 400 hardness

General 500 The process by which minerals are extracted from the ground is called

General 500 mining

Rock Intro 100 How many different types of rocks are there

Rock Intro 100 3

Rock Intro 200 Rocks are different types based on

Rock Intro 200 How they are formed

Rock Intro 300 Rocks made from sediments that are “put together” are called

Rock Intro 300 sedimentary

Rock Intro 400 Rocks made from cooled molten matter are called

Rock Intro 400 Igneous

Rock Intro 500 Rocks that are changed by heat and/or pressure are called

Rock Intro 500 Metamorphic