Rocks, Minerals, and Soil Test Review

Some minerals contain single elements, others contain compounds.

• True

• False

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The most common minerals are quartz and sulfates.

• True

• False

Carbon and Oxygen are carbonate minerals.

• True

• False

Minerals can only be identified by their chemical properties alone.

• True

• False

Using several tests is the best way to identify a mineral.

• True

• False

Minerals always exist as a...

• Liquid

• Gas

• Organic

• Solid

What are the building blocks of minerals?

• Electrons

• Rocks

• Isotopes

• elements

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Which of the following is a native element?

• Apatite

• Gold

• Garnet

• Pyrite

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The color of a mineral when it is broken up and powdered.

• Cleavage

• Luster

• Fracture

• Streak

The way a mineral reflects light from its surface.

• Luster

• Cleavage

• Hardness

• Streak