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Rocks and Minerals - Investigation 2 Review 2021

Authored by Mindy Carlisle

Science

4th Grade

NGSS covered

Rocks and Minerals - Investigation 2 Review  2021
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Why is color alone unable to identify a unknown mineral?

A. Many minerals have the same color.

B. Specific minerals change colors when cleaved.

C. Certain levels of hardness have specific colors.

Minerals change colors when exposed to light.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Luke and Lilly have gathered a collection of rock samples from the school yard to study. They scraped the rocks against a their fingernail and a penny. Which property of minerals are the students investigating?

A. Texture

B. Color

C. Hardness

D. Streak

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Students observed that a diamond was able to scratch a piece of talc. What does this observation BEST support?

A. Diamonds have sharp edges.

B. Talc is softer than diamonds.

C. Diamonds are very valuable.

D. Talc and diamonds are both minerals

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Which property is the MOST reliable for identifying one mineral from another?

A. texture

B. hardness

C. crystal shape

D. surface color

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Refers to a mineral’s ability to scratch another mineral or be scratched by another mineral.

Luster

Hardness

Streak

Specific gravity

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

A mineral that is rare and can be cut and polished, giving it a beautiful appearance

Ore

Crystal

Gem

Rock

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

What is the hardest mineral?

graphite

fluorite

diamond

gypsum

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