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Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary Terms and Definitions

Answer Key
Term

Rock

Mineral

Luster

Hardness

Streak

Cleavage

Definition
a solid made of many different
minerals and formed on Earth.

Minerals are solid substances that

occur naturally on Earth and come
together to form rocks.
Describe how the mineral reflects
light

Describes how easily scratched the

mineral is

Describes the color of the powder

that the mineral leaves behind
when it is scratched on a special
plate
When a mineral breaks along a
smooth flat surface

Break with rough edges

Fracture