Mineral Identification Quiz 1

Rocks are composed of _______

• Rocks

• Soil

• Minerals

• Water

If something is composed of inorganic compounds that means it's

• Non-living

• Living

• Organic

• Artifical

True of False: Minerals are formed by a mixture of liquid and gas molecules.

• True

• False

True or False: Minerals are naturally formed.

• True

• False

Things like: green, red, yellow, blue, etc. describes what property of a mineral?

• Luster

• Streak

• Density

• Color

• Hardness

Things like the color of the streak across a streak plate, describes what property of a mineral?

• Luster

• Streak

• Density

• Color

• Hardness

Metallic or Non-Metallic describes a mineral's ___.

• Luster

• Streak

• Cleavage & Fracture

• Color

• Hardness

A mineral's breakage pattern refers to its ___.

• Luster

• Streak

• Cleavage & Fracture

• Color

• Hardness

The Mohs Scale helps to identify a mineral's ___.

• Luster

• Streak

• Cleavage & Fracture

• Color

• Hardness

The specific gravity of a mineral is related to it's __.

• Luster

• Streak

• Density

• Color

• Hardness