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WorksheetsMinerals Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
Date
1.
How do you test the hardness of a mineral?
a)
Throw it against a wall
b)
Step on it
c)
Scratch Test
d)
Kick it until it breaks
2.
What are the main physical properties of minerals?
a)
Luster, Streak, Color
b)
Streak, Hardness, Luster
c)
Hardness, Color, Luster, Streak
d)
Hardness, Color
3.
What scale is used to test the hardness of a mineral?
a)
Mineral Hardness Scale
b)
Moh's Hardness Scale
c)
Hom's Hardness Scale
d)
Shom Hardness Scale
4.
What does inorganic mean?
a)
It means that a mineral can't come from something that was once living.
b)
It means that it has a definite volume and shape. So, its particles are tightly packed together.
c)
I don't know.
d)
It means that the substance must occur in nature. So, it can't be created by people.
5.
What does naturally occurring mean?
a)
It means that it can't come from something once living.
b)
It means that it has a definite volume and shape. So, its particles are tightly packed together.
c)
I don't know.
d)
It means that the substance must occur in nature. So, it can't be created by humans.
6.
What is a solid?
a)
It means that a mineral will always contain certain elements in exact proportions.
b)
It means that it has a definite volume and shape. So, its particles ar tightly packed together and can't move easily.
c)
I don't know.
d)
It means that it has flat sides called faces that meet at sharp edges and corners.
7.
What is a crystal structure?
a)
Crystal structure means that the particles that make a mineral line up in a pattern repeat over and over again which forms a crystal.
b)
Crystal structure is when flat sides called faces meet at sharp edges and corners.
c)
I don't know.
d)
Crystal structure means that a mineral will always contain certain elements in exact proportions.
8.
What are some properties a mineral has?
a)
Naturally occurring, solid
b)
Definite chemical composition, luster, cleavage
c)
I don't know.
d)
Hardness, streak, luster, density, crystal systems, cleavage, fracture
9.
What does it mean when a mineral has definite chemical composition?
a)
It means that a mineral can't come from something that was once living.
b)
It means that it always contains specific elements in exact proportions.
c)
I don't know.
d)
It means that the substance must occur in nature. It can't be man-made.
10.
What is cleavage?
a)
Cleavage is a property that describes a mineral that splits evenly along a flat surface.
b)
Cleavage is how a mineral looks if it breaks right in half.
c)
I don't know.
d)
Cleavage is the color of a mineral's powder.
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