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What is the color of the powdered form of a mineral?
a) streak
b) fracture
c) luster
d) crystal

What is it called when a mineral breaks unevenly?
a) cleavage
b) luster
c) fracture
d) streak

What are minerals that contain silicon and oxygen?
a) magma
b) silicate minerals
c) lava
d) crystals

What is the scale that determines hardness of minerals?
a) Moos
b) Hardness
c) Metamorphic
d) Mohs

Temperature and pressure form what kind of minerals?
a) metamorphism
b) crystal
c) silicate
d) magma and lava

What is a naturally occurring inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition?
a) rock
b) mineral
c) crystal
d) Big Mac

What is the way a surface of a mineral reflects light?
a) cleavage
b) fracture
c) luster
d) streak

What is a solid, geometric form with a repeating pattern?
a) rock
b) streak
c) crystal
d) luster

What is it called when a mineral splits to form smooth, flat surfaces?
a) fracture
b) luster
c) cleavage
d) streak

Minerals can form as these cool and harden.
a) magma and lava
b) silicate minerals
c) rocks
d) crystals

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