Magnificent Minerals
Authored by Wanda Willis
Science
3rd Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 10 pts
1. What are minerals?
a. chemicals used in toothpaste
b. solid substances found in earth
c. dye for fabric and paint
d. hard tools such as drills and saws
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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 10 pts
2. What does the author list in this text?
a. types of electronics
b. types of chemicals
c. types of jewelry
d. types of minerals
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 10 pts
3. Halite is a soft mineral, fluorite is a medium-hard mineral, and quartz is a hard mineral. Based on this evidence, what conclusion can be drawn about minerals?
a. all minerals can be used to make jewelry.
b. different minerals can have different characteristics
c. different minerals are different shades of green
d. all minerals smell unpleasant when mixed with water
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 10 pts
4. Azurite is used to make dye for fabric and paint. What characteristic of azurite might make it a good mineral for making dye?
a. its color
b. its shape
c. its hardness
d. its texture
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 10 pts
5. What is this passage mostly about?
a. which fabrics and paints are dyed with azurite
b. why sulfur smells unpleasant when it is mixed with water
c. what minerals are and the different characteristics of different minerals
d. how diamonds are used to make hard tools such as drills and saws
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 10 pts
6. Read these sentences from the text.
"Different minerals have different characteristics. Scientists classify minerals based on their shape, color, and hardness."
Why might the author have mentioned shape, color and hardness?
a. to give some examples of the different characteristics of minerals
b. to persuade readers to classify minerals in the same way that scientist do
c. to compare the characteristics of minerals to the characteristics of scientists
d. to show the order in which scientists classify minerals
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 10 pts
7. Read the sentence from the text.
"Scientists classify minerals based on their shape, color and hardness."
Who or what does the pronoun "their" refer to in this sentence?
a. scientists
b. minerals
c. shapes
d. colors
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