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Which property of a mineral can be observed by scratching the mineral on a ceramic tile?
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hardness
color
Streak
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What is a difference between rocks and minerals?
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Rocks may contain fossils but minerals do not.
Rocks have a specific shape and minerals do not
Rocks are hard and minerals are soft
Rocks are solid and minerals are not
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Which property of a mineral can be observed by scratching the mineral on a ceramic tile?
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What is a difference between rocks and minerals?
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A science student is trying to identify a sample of a mineral. Which information would be most useful?
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All of the following would test a mineral’s hardness except
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The photograph shows a broken piece of the mineral calcite. A student takes a knife and scratches it across one of the surfaces of the crystal. What physical property of calcite is he studying?
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A diamond is very difficult to scratch because of its
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The table shows the physical properties of nine minerals.
Which mineral has the same color and streak?
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The way a mineral reflects light is called:
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The diagrams show fractured (broken) samples of four minerals.
Which mineral property is shown by the samples?
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Mineral samples are identified by their:
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Certain minerals usually break along flat surfaces, while other minerals break unevenly. This characteristic is due to the:
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The hardness of a mineral can be tested by:
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Why do diamond and graphite have different physical properties, even though they are both composed only of the element carbon?
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Which mineral has the same color and streak?
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Which mineral has a different color in its powdered form (streak) than in its original form?
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The mineral mica breaks evenly along flat sheets because of its:
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Which property is most useful in mineral identification?
