Minerals

Minerals and rocks

Multiple Choice

The streak of a mineral is the color of its powder.

Which of the following statements is true about minerals' colors?

• Mineral color is always the same in any samples

• Mineral streak color may vary from sample to another

• Mineral streak color is always the same in any samples

Multiple Choice

How light is reflected off a mineral’s surface is called_______

• Streak

• Luster

• Color

Multiple Choice

Gold _________

• Is more dense than pyrite

• Is less dense than pyrite

• has the same density as pyrite

Multiple Choice

Gold _________

• Is more dense than pyrite

• Is less dense than pyrite

• has the same density as pyrite

Multiple Choice

Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica belong to _________mineral's group

• Carbonates

• Silicates

• Oxides

Multiple Choice

The chemical makeup of carbonates group is______

• Sulfur and one or more other elements

• Silicon, oxygen, and one or more other elements

• Carbon, oxygen, and one or more other elements