WorksheetsChapter 2 Minerals
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A rock that contains enough of a valuable mineral to be mined for a profit.
a)
Mineral
b)
Element
c)
Hardness
d)
Ore
2.
The property of a mineral that describes its tendency to break along flat surfaces.
a)
Cleavage
b)
Fracture
c)
luster
d)
streak
3.
A substance that forms in nature, is a solid, has a definite chemical makeup, and has a crystal structure.
a)
Element
b)
Mineral
c)
Density
d)
Crystal
4.
The tendency of a mineral to break into irregular pieces
a)
Cleavage
b)
Fracture
c)
Hardness
d)
Luster
5.
A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substance by ordinary chemical changes.
a)
Mineral
b)
Element
c)
Crystal
d)
Fracture
6.
Molten Rock that reaches a planet's surface through a volcano
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
c)
Luster
d)
streak
7.
A solid substance in which the atoms are arranged in an orderly, repeating, 3-D pattern
a)
Mineral
b)
Element
c)
Crystal
d)
Density
8.
The resistance of a mineral or other material to being scratched
a)
Streak
b)
Hardness
c)
Luster
d)
Fracture
9.
The color of a mineral powder left behind when a mineral is scarped across a surface.
a)
Hardness
b)
Luster
c)
Streak
d)
Cleavage
10.
A property of matter representing the mass per unit volume.
a)
Streak
b)
Hardness
c)
Density
d)
Crystal
11.
Which of the following is true?
a)
Some minerals have no crystal structure
b)
Some minerals are liquids
c)
Minerals are always solids
d)
Minerals rarely form in nature
12.
The most common rock forming minerals are
a)
oxides
b)
carbonates
c)
silicates
d)
metals
13.
Rock Forming Minerals contain elements that are common in Earth's _________
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
14.
The color of a mineral when it is ground into a powder is its
a)
Fracture
b)
cleavage
c)
luster
d)
streak
15.
Which of the following is one way to tell which of two minerals is harder?
a)
The harder mineral will mark a penny
b)
The harder mineral will attract a magnet
c)
The harder mineral will scratch the softer one
d)
The harder mineral cannot be scratched by steel
16.
The best way to tell a pyrite sample from a gold sample of similar size is to compare their ______________
a)
colors
b)
lusters
c)
densities
d)
bonds
17.
When you say a mineral is "Metallic" you are talking about its
a)
Streak
b)
Luster
c)
Hardness
d)
Fracture
18.
If a mineral has perfect cleavage, it
a)
Breaks easily
b)
scratches easily
c)
scratches smooth surfaces
d)
breaks along smooth surfaces
19.
Calcite is a common mineral in seashells, Calcite is a mineral that can be formed by
a)
elements
b)
organisms
c)
water
d)
silicates
20.
Miners who dig far beneath Earth's surface to remove ore use a method called
a)
Deep mining
b)
surface mining
c)
strip mining
d)
open-pit mining
21.
What is the hardness of topaz on the Mohs scale
a)
9
b)
8
c)
4
d)
1
22.
Gold, silver and copper are examples of minerals that have ______________________ luster.
a)
metallic
b)
nonmetallic
23.
A ranking of a minerals from softest to hardest
a)
streak test
b)
luster test
c)
Mohs hardness scale
d)
fracture
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