Hardness refers to a mineral's ability to resist
A) breaking.
B) being scratched.
C) chemically reacting with other substances.
D) weathering.

Name: Hardness refers to a mineral's ability to resist A) breaking. B) being scratched. C) chemically reacting with other substances. D) weathering.
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Hardness refers to a mineral's ability to resist being scratched. The Mohs scale measures the relative hardness of minerals and assigns them a number from 1 (softest, like talc) to 10 (hardest, like diamond).

Hardness Refers to a Mineral's Ability to Resist