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Minerals

Authored by Angela Mullins

Science

6th Grade

NGSS covered

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Minerals
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Friedrich Mohs invented a system

to smelt two kinds of iron ore.

to use explosives to find mineral deposits underground.

to find minerals near the mid-ocean ridge.

to describe and compare hardness of minerals.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The purpose of heating iron ore to a very high temperature in a blast furnace is

to add hematite to the final product.

to eliminate one kind of iron from the iron ore.

to heat the iron so that it separates from other elements in the ore.

to cool down the hot furnace.

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a narrow channel or slab of a mineral that is different from surrounding rock?

fracture

vein

crystal

ore

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Hard, colorful minerals that have a brilliant or glassy luster are

crystals

ores

metals

gemstones

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Steel is an example of a useful

ore.

gemstone.

alloy.

crystal.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A mineral that splits apart easily along flat surfaces has the property called

cleavage.

crystal shape.

fracture.

hardness.

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Color alone cannot be used to identify a mineral because

only a few minerals always have their own characteristic color.

luster usually hides a mineral's true color.

the color of most minerals is hidden by veins.

color and streak are never the same color.

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