MINERAL SITES
Name__________________________________
Date___________________________________
Block__________
MINERALS WEB SEARCH
Use the site kidsloverocks.com to answer the following questions. Start on the home screen.
1. Click on the underlined name Friedrich Mohs. It will take you to another part of the website. What is the name of the scale that he created?
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2. What is the hardest mineral listed on this scale? _________________________________
3. Click on Home on the left side of the screen. Find the underlined words the physical properties of minerals in the reading passage. Click on this, and it will take you to another page. What are the two ways that minerals break into pieces? ______________________________ and ___________________________________
4. Explain the difference between cleavage and fracture. Use complete sentences. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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5. Click on the words Cleavage and Fracture to answer the following: Cleavage is determined by the
___________________________ ___________________________ of the mineral. (After you answer this question, click the button to go back a page.)
6. The hardness of a mineral describes how easy or difficult it is to ____________________ the mineral.
7. __________________________________ is a description of the way a mineral looks when light
____________________________ off of the surface.
8. Click on the underlined word Luster to answer the following: What are the two categories of luster?
______________________________ and ___________________________________ (Click the button to go back a page.)
9. ____________________________ ________________________________ is a measure of the density of a mineral compared to the density of an equal volume of water.
10. Streak is the color of a mineral when it is crushed to a ______________________.
If you finish early, you may explore this website only.
Date___________________________________
Block__________
MINERALS WEB SEARCH
Use the site kidsloverocks.com to answer the following questions. Start on the home screen.
1. Click on the underlined name Friedrich Mohs. It will take you to another part of the website. What is the name of the scale that he created?
_____________________________________________________________
2. What is the hardest mineral listed on this scale? _________________________________
3. Click on Home on the left side of the screen. Find the underlined words the physical properties of minerals in the reading passage. Click on this, and it will take you to another page. What are the two ways that minerals break into pieces? ______________________________ and ___________________________________
4. Explain the difference between cleavage and fracture. Use complete sentences. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Click on the words Cleavage and Fracture to answer the following: Cleavage is determined by the
___________________________ ___________________________ of the mineral. (After you answer this question, click the button to go back a page.)
6. The hardness of a mineral describes how easy or difficult it is to ____________________ the mineral.
7. __________________________________ is a description of the way a mineral looks when light
____________________________ off of the surface.
8. Click on the underlined word Luster to answer the following: What are the two categories of luster?
______________________________ and ___________________________________ (Click the button to go back a page.)
9. ____________________________ ________________________________ is a measure of the density of a mineral compared to the density of an equal volume of water.
10. Streak is the color of a mineral when it is crushed to a ______________________.
If you finish early, you may explore this website only.