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WorksheetsMinerals and Mining
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This is a sample of what mineral?
a)
Hematite
b)
Pyrite
c)
Calcite
d)
Quartz
2.
This is a sample of what mineral?
a)
Graphite
b)
Pyrite
c)
Galena
d)
Calcite
3.
This is an example of what mineral?
a)
Malachite
b)
Calcite
c)
Galena
d)
Hematite
4.
This is a sample of what mineral?
a)
Azurite
b)
Graphite
c)
Galena
d)
Quartz
5.
This is a sample of what mineral?
a)
Hematite
b)
Magnetite
c)
Calcite
d)
Coal
6.
What are the two main types of luster?
a)
Glassy and transparent
b)
Metallic and nonmetallic
c)
Shiny and opaque
7.
Which of these mineral would most likely be valued as a gem and used in jewelry?
a)
Olivine, a green or gray mineral with a hardness of 6.5
b)
Gypsum, a pink or white mineral with a hardness rating of 2
c)
Galena, a metallic silver mineral with a hardness of 2.5
8.
The geometric shape of a mineral that reflects its internal crystalline arrangement of atoms
a)
Luster
b)
Mineral Crystal
c)
Mohs Hardness Scale
9.
Two minerals of the same color will always have the same color streak.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Quartz is a 7 on Mohs and Apatite is a 5. A student has a mineral sample that scratches apatite, but quartz scratches the sample. What is the mineral's most likely hardness?
a)
2
b)
10
c)
6
d)
8
11.
Which technique would you use with the Mohs Hardness Scale?
a)
Shine light on a mineral
b)
Scratch a mineral
c)
Place the mineral in water
12.
Minerals are inorganic. What does this mean?
a)
Minerals are not alive or come from a living thing.
b)
Minerals form in the Earth's lithosphere.
13.
Metallic, glassy, waxy, dull...these are words that describe a mineral's
a)
Hardness
b)
Luster
c)
Streak
d)
Color
14.
Which of the following is NOT a requirement of a mineral?
a)
Inorganic
b)
Formed under Earth's surface
c)
Definite chemical composition
d)
Naturally occuring
15.
What is magma?
a)
Hot, molten rock found under the Earth's surface.
b)
Stuff that flows out of the volcano
c)
Sea water
d)
Sea shells
16.
Which of the following is the largest group of minerals?
a)
Carbonates
b)
Silicates
c)
Oxides
d)
Halides
17.
Where would you expect to find small crystals?
a)
Under Earth's surface
b)
Above Earth's surface
18.
Silicates contain Silicon and what other element?
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Oxygen
c)
Halite
d)
Carbon
19.
What is the most common group of minerals?
a)
Oxides
b)
Silicates
c)
Sulfides
d)
Sulfates
20.
The group of 10 minerals used as a standard of hardness is called...
a)
Miller Hardness Scale
b)
McGraw Hardness Scale
c)
Mohs Hardness Scale
21.
What is the softest mineral on the Mohs Hardness Scale?
a)
Diamond
b)
Talc
c)
Quartz
d)
Calcite
22.
What state of matter are minerals?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
23.
On the Mohs Hardness Scale, the higher the number, the _________ the mineral is.
a)
lighter
b)
softer
c)
harder
d)
heavier
24.
Topaz will scratch calcite. This means that topaz is
a)
Harder than calcite
b)
Softer than calcite
c)
shinier than calcite
25.
What is the Mohs Hardness scale named after?
a)
The first mineral on the scale.
b)
The scientist who established it.
c)
The tool used to discover minerals.
26.
All the minerals on the Mohs Hardness Scale are hard enough to scratch a piece of glass.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
The color of a mineral in powdered form
a)
Luster
b)
Color
c)
Streak
d)
Hardness
28.
To determine a mineral's streak, a student should rub the mineral on
a)
A mirror.
b)
A piece of oak.
c)
An unglazed piece of ceramic tile.
29.
An example of an oxide is
a)
Pyrite
b)
Feldspar
c)
Calcite
d)
Halite
30.
Large crystals form when
a)
Magma is cooled quickly
b)
Magma is cooled slowly
31.
When a mineral breaks in a jagged, uneven way, we call that...
a)
Fracture
b)
Cleavage
32.
An example of a carbonate is...
a)
Calcite
b)
Quartz
c)
Feldspar
d)
Pyrite
33.
An example of a sulfide
a)
Calcite
b)
Pyrite
c)
Halite
d)
Quartz
34.
Gold, copper and silver are all examples of
a)
Silicates
b)
Native Elements
c)
Oxides
d)
Halides
35.
When a mineral breaks along flat surfaces
a)
Fracture
b)
Cleavage
36.
The process of returning land mined to natural state.
a)
Reclamation
b)
Reversal
c)
Surface Mining
d)
Tree hugging
37.
This type of underground mining removes coal in a single slice down a long hallway in the mine.
a)
Room and Pillar Mining
b)
Longwall Mining
c)
Open Pit Mining
d)
Strip Mining
38.
Which is an example of a mineral?
a)
Salt
b)
Sugar
c)
Steel
d)
Coal
39.
Molten rock found under the Earth's surface
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
c)
Melamine
d)
Lodestone
40.
Lava cooling quickly will produce this kind of crystals.
a)
Large
b)
Small
c)
Cubic
d)
Triangular
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