Minerals Quiz

What are the five main properties used to identify minerals?

• color, streak, hardness, cleavage, and luster

• shape, size, weight, texture, and temperature.

• odor, taste, solubility, radioactivity, and electrical conductivity.

• density, fracture, magnetism, transparency, and crystal structure.

Which property of a mineral describes its resistance to being scratched?

• luster

• color

• density

• hardness

What is the scale used to measure the hardness of minerals?

• Kelvin scale

• Mohs scale

• pH scale

• Newton scale

What is the softest mineral on the Mohs scale?

• quartz

• talc

• diamond

• gypsum

What is the hardest mineral on the Mohs scale?

• quartz

• topaz

• emerald

• diamond

What property of a mineral describes its color when it is powdered?

• cleavage

• streak

• hardness

• luster

What property of a mineral describes the way it reflects light?

• luster

• hardness

• transparency

• cleavage

What property of a mineral describes the way it breaks or splits?

• hardness

• fracture

• cleavage

• luster

What property of a mineral describes the way it feels to the touch?

• hardness

• texture

• color

• luster

What property of a mineral describes the way it reacts to acid?

• acid reactivity

• acidic interaction

• acidic response

• acidic behavior