Earth Science Ch 2, Lessons 3 & 4

Pieces of minerals that make up a rock are called

What are solid nonliving materials that form in nature?

What can you use to examine the grains in a rock?

______ is the softest mineral on the Mohs Scale.

If a mineral acts like a magnet, it has 

How a mineral's surface reflects light refers to its ______

Rubbing a mineral across a tile to see the color of the powder left behind tests a minerals 

All of the following are types of rocks EXCEPT:

The hardest mineral on the Mohs scale is 

All of the following are properties you can identify just by looking at a rock EXCEPT:

How many known minerals are there?

One property easily identified just by looking at the mineral is its

You can test a minerals __________ by scratching its surface.

Something about an object that you can observe with your senses is known as a 

You can test the ______ of a mineral by noticing how easily it breaks into flat sections.

Bubbling or fizzing after coming in contact with an acid is a mineral's ____

Rocks are mostly made up of