Scope 5: Minerals

Scope 5: Minerals

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following does NOT describe a mineral?

• Natural

• Solid

• Organic

• Definite chemical composition

Multiple Choice

Why is color not a reliant identifier of a mineral?

• Some minerals have many different colors

• All minerals have the same color

• The color of minerals can be very misleading

• Minerals have to be cleaned off to see the color

Multiple Choice

How do we test hardness?

• By beating it with a hammer

• By scratching a sample with a known hardness

• By finding its streak

• By finding its density

Multiple Choice

If a sample can scratch quartz but not corundum, what is it?

• Talc

• Apatite

• Topaz

• Diamond

Multiple Choice

If a sample can scratch a copper coin but not glass, what is it?

• Fluorite

• Quartz

• Calcite

• Talc

Multiple Choice

What is luster?

• The way light reflects off an object

• The mass of the object

• The color of the object

• The split along definite planes

Multiple Choice

Physical properties of minerals are used to determine what about a mineral?

• Mass

• Age

• Location

• Identity

Multiple Choice

Which mineral can scratch orthoclase feldspar, but is scratched by topaz?

• Talc

• Quartz

• Apatite

• Corundum

Multiple Choice

If one were to observe samples of the minerals from the table, which two would have a similar streak, but could be distinguished from one another by looking at the luster?

• Actmite and Talc

• Actmite and Cobaltite

• Talc and Actmite

• Jadeite and Talc

Multiple Choice

Only one of these cannot be scratch a penny. Which mineral is it?

• Actmite

• Cobaltite

• Jadeite

• Talc