Minerals and Rocks Vocabulary and Concepts Quiz

Match the word "gem" with its correct definition.

• A rock that breaks along smooth line.

• A stone that is used in jewelry

• Cannot be made into thin sheets.

• Will conduct electricity

Match the word "metal" with its correct definition.

• Will conduct electricity

• Made from non-living material

• How shiny a rock is

• The ability to scratch or be scratched by other minerals

Match the word "ore" with its correct definition.

• Made from non-living material

• Where large metal and non-metal deposits are found

• A rock that breaks along smooth line.

• A stone that is used in jewelry

Match the word "inorganic" with its correct definition.

• Made from non-living material

• How shiny a rock is

• Will conduct electricity

• Cannot be made into thin sheets.

Match the word "cleavage" with its correct definition.

• A rock that breaks along smooth line.

• The ability to scratch or be scratched by other minerals

• How shiny a rock is

• Made from non-living material

Match the word "luster" with its correct definition.

• The ability to scratch or be scratched by other minerals

• How shiny a rock is

• Made from non-living material

• A stone that is used in jewelry

Match the word "nonmetal" with its correct definition.

• Cannot be made into thin sheets.

• Will conduct electricity

• Made from non-living material

• A rock that breaks along smooth line.

Match the word "hardness" with its correct definition.

• The ability to scratch or be scratched by other minerals

• How shiny a rock is

• Made from non-living material

• A stone that is used in jewelry

The softest mineral in the Mohs hardness scale is

• fluorite-4

• talc-1

• diamond-10

• calcite-3

If a fingernail, coin AND steel nail scratches a rock, what would its hardness be between?

• 1-2

• 2-3

• 3-4

• 5-6