Formative Assessment: Minerals and Ores

One who identifies, classifies, and analyzes minerals

• mineologist

• geologist

• mineralogist

• mineraleologist

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The amount and quality of the light that it reflects from the surface of a mineral.

• luster

• streak

• fluorescence

• refraction

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The scale used to measure the hardness of a mineral.

• Ritcher scale

• Fahrenheit

• Celsius scale

• Mohs scale

They are all native mineral, except one.

• Silver

• Gold

• Quartz

• Aluminum

Which common metal was worth more per ounce than gold before scientists found a practical means of extracting it from the ore?

• aluminum

• copper

• iron

• nickel

In the 1800s aluminum was considered more valuable than gold.

• True

• False

A mineral rated as 10 on the Mohs scale is __________.

• slippery

• rough

• hard

• soft

Minerals are natural substances that have definite ______________ composition.

• physical

• chemical

• biological

• ergonomical

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When you conduct an acid test on a mineral sample, you are watching for

• a color change

• a flame

• gas bubbles

• none of these

Mineral salts are more properly called

• halides

• oxides

• saltides

• silicates