Lab: Mineral and Rock Classification

Question 1

Which property of minerals is the least reliable for identifying minerals?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

color

Question 2

Which ideas did you include in your answer? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Minerals and rocks can be classified and identified based on their physical properties.; The physical properties of minerals include hardness, streak, color, luster, and how they break.; The physical properties of rocks include texture, color, and foliation.; The physical properties of rocks can help us identify the rocks and tell us how they were formed.

Question 3

Throughout the reflection, make sure that you have the copy of the student guide, PDF or Word and your data tables. Choose the terms that complete the paragraph.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ scratch; In this lab, you used the characteristics for classifying minerals and rocks to identify mineral and rock samples. To identify the relative hardness of minerals, you conducted a test. To determine the: scratch; In this lab, you used the characteristics for classifying minerals and rocks to identify mineral and rock samples. To identify the relative hardness of minerals, you conducted a test. To determine the: streak

Question 4

cleavagecolorscratch✔ streak

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ streak

Question 5

What kind of rock is shown in the picture?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ sedimentary; sedimentary; I know because it is made of sediments.

Question 6

I know because it has bands or is foliated.✔ I know because it is made of sediments.I know because it has very large grains.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ I know because it is made of sediments.

Question 7

What kind of rock is this?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

igneous; underneath Earth’s surface; coarse-grained rocks

Question 8

along the sides of a volcanoon the ocean floor✔ underneath Earth’s surface

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ underneath Earth’s surface

Question 9

✔ coarse-grained rocksfine-grained rocksnon-grained rocks

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ coarse-grained rocks

Lab: Mineral and Rock Classification Answers

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