Mineral Identification

Multiple Choice

Using the minerals color is a sure-fire way of identifying minerals.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The streak a mineral leaves on a streak plate will always be the same as the mineral color.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Using a streak plate will always help you identify a mineral.

• True...always.

• True...as long as the mineral's hardness is less than the streak plates hardenss.

• False...always.

Match

Match the following luster with the mineral.

Brilliant

Greasy

Glassy

Metalic

Nonmetalic

• Brilliant

• Greasy

• Glassy

• Metalic

• Nonmetalic

Match

Match the following

1 Talc

3 Fluorite

5 Apatite

7 Quartz

10 Diamond

• 1 Talc

• 3 Fluorite

• 5 Apatite

• 7 Quartz

• 10 Diamond

Multiple Choice

Density is a unit of measure.

• True...it measures how much something weighs

• False...density is actually a ratio of an objects weight compared to its volume

Multiple Choice

What substance do scientists use as the universal "comparer," in other words a substance is _____ times heavier than ________.

Reorder

Reorder the following based on density from lightess (left) to heaviest (right).

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5