| A | B | 
| solid | shape and volume does not change | 
| non-organic | not alive non living material | 
| natural | not man made, found on the earth | 
| chemical composition | the make up of the material | 
| crystal | orderly internal arragement | 
| streak | color of a line of powder | 
| density | mass/volume  g/cc | 
| luster | how light reflects off a substance | 
| cleavage | break with a flat surface | 
| fracture | break with a pattern | 
| hardness | how difficult it is to scratch | 
| reactivity | how a substance reacts with other materials | 
| double refraction | bending light to show two images |