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WorksheetsMetals, Non-Metals, Metalloids, Density, and Minerals
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a mineral?
a)
Rocks
b)
Something in your food
c)
Soil
d)
A non-living building block for rocks
2.
What are the physical properties of minerals?
a)
color luster hardness streak
b)
fluffy, pretty, shiny, and messy
c)
blue, shiny, 4 and white
3.
What is color and why is it important not to only rely on color for mineral identification?
a)
Every mineral has its own color
b)
The same type of mineral can be be many colors.
c)
The color can tell you how it will break
d)
The color can indicate the density
4.
Describe what luster means
a)
How an object reflects light
b)
How soft an object is
c)
If an object floats
d)
If an object can be dug out of the earth.
5.
What is streak?
a)
an objects visible color
b)
if an object floats
c)
the powdered form of a mineral
d)
The shape of a mineral
6.
Why is streak important?
a)
It shows a fake color
b)
it shows a mineral true color
c)
it is the shape of a mineral
d)
it allows an object to sink
7.
How do you test for streak?
a)
scrape it against a streak plate
b)
put the mineral in a graduated cylinder
c)
place the mineral on a triple beam balance
8.
Does the streak color always match the color of the mineral?
a)
yes always
b)
yep
c)
no
9.
How do you find density?
a)
volume/mass
b)
Mass/volume
c)
volume + mass
d)
Mass - volume
10.
What is the formula for volume?
a)
length x width x height
b)
length of side x 3
c)
length of side x 4
d)
length + width + height
11.
What tool do you use to measure volume of an irregular object?
a)
ruler
b)
graduated cylinder
c)
triple beam balance
d)
spring scale
12.
What tool do you use to measure volume of a regular shaped object?
a)
ruler
b)
graduated cylinder
c)
triple beam balance
d)
spring scale
13.
What tool do you use to find mass?
a)
ruler
b)
graduated cylinder
c)
triple beam balance
d)
spring scale
14.
What unit of measurement do we use for mass?
a)
cm
b)
g
c)
cm3
d)
g/cm3
15.
What unit of measurement do we use for volume?
a)
cm
b)
g
c)
cm3
d)
g/cm3
16.
Will metals and metalloids both allow a lightbulb to light up in a connected circuit?
a)
no
b)
yes
17.
What is the Mohs' Hardness Scale?
a)
How hard Mohs' thinks the test is
b)
helps you find the density of an object
c)
a way to guess how hard an object is
d)
a scale where you use common materials to test for hardness.
18.
Which is the softest object?
a)
fingernail
b)
steel file
c)
glass
d)
penny
19.
Which is the hardest mineral?
a)
talc
b)
diamond
c)
gypsum
d)
corundum
20.
How do you find the hardness of a rock/mineral?
a)
use a streak plate
b)
scratch it with a finernail, penny, glass, or steel file
c)
hold a flashlight up to it
d)
guess
21.
I have an object that is dull, brittle, and an insulator, what is it?
a)
metalloid
b)
non-metal
c)
metal
d)
matter
22.
I have an object that has a high luster, malleable, and a conductor what is it?
a)
metalloid
b)
non-metal
c)
metal
d)
matter
23.
When an object can be drawn into a wire.
a)
luster
b)
malleable
c)
brittleness
d)
ductile
24.
When an object shatters when struck by a hammer.
a)
luster
b)
malleable
c)
brittleness
d)
ductile
25.
When an object changes shape when struck by a hammer.
a)
luster
b)
malleable
c)
brittleness
d)
ductile
26.
If I have an object with a mass of 10g and a volume of 42cm3
a)
.34 g/cm3
b)
.65 g/cm3
c)
0.24 g/cm3
d)
1.0 g/cm3
27.
If I have an object that is dull, malleable, ductile, and a semiconductor, what is it?
a)
metalloid
b)
non-metal
c)
metal
d)
matter
28.
If I have an object that is shiny, liquid at room temperature, and a conductor, what is it?
a)
metalloid
b)
non-metal
c)
metal
d)
matter
29.
If I have an object with a volume of 38 cm3 and a mass of 480g what is the density?
a)
14.22 g/cm3
b)
12.63 g/cm3
c)
10.63 g/cm3
d)
7.56 g/cm3
30.
If you have a material that can conduct electricity well it is probably a...
a)
Metalloid
b)
Matter
c)
Non-metal
d)
Metal
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