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WorksheetsMinerals Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
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Class
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1.
Which property can you use to identify an unknown mineral?
a)
its mass
b)
its weight
c)
its volume
d)
its hardness
2.
How do you determine the streak of a mineral?
a)
Rub a finger over the mineral
b)
Study the mineral under a microscope
c)
Rub the mineral on a rough, hard, white surface
d)
Use the Mohs scale to compare the mineral to other minerals
3.
If someone describes a mineral as "waxy," which mineral property are they describing?
a)
luster
b)
crystal form
c)
hardness
d)
color
4.
If you put a mineral under an ultraviolet light, what property are you trying to describe?
a)
luster
b)
hardness
c)
streak
d)
fluorescence
5.
Many gold miners in the late 1800's used to think they had found valuable gold, when they really had found worthless pyrite. What two characteristics would have made these miners think they had found real gold?
a)
streak and color
b)
color and luster
c)
hardness and luster
d)
luster and streak
6.
What are minerals composed of?
a)
fossils
b)
sediment
c)
rocks
d)
elements
7.
What is the Arkansas State Mineral?
a)
diamond
b)
quartz
c)
silver
d)
galena
8.
What is the hardest mineral?
a)
hematite
b)
gypsum
c)
quartz
d)
diamond
9.
Denver has a mineral that he wants to identify. It is white, has a pearly luster, and is very soft. He knows that the mineral is one of the four minerals listed in the following table. Which of the following could Denver's mineral most likely be?
a)
calcite
b)
feldspar
c)
quartz
d)
talc
10.
Which mineral is yellow, earthy, and has a strong, unpleasant odor when moist?
a)
gold
b)
sulfur
c)
galena
d)
bauxite
11.
Which of the following is an element?
a)
talc
b)
oxygen
c)
streak
d)
quartz
12.
If you put weak hydrochloric acid on a mineral sample, what are you testing for?
a)
fluorescence
b)
calcite
c)
streak
d)
luster
13.
What does luster describe about a mineral?
a)
the color of its powder
b)
how hard it is
c)
how dense it is
d)
the amount of light it reflects
14.
How does the streak test, in which a mineral sample is rubbed against a tile, help to identify different minerals?
a)
Minerals that leave streaks usually are quartz.
b)
If the mineral scratches the tile, then it is harder than the tile.
c)
Sometimes the streak is a different color than the mineral.
d)
The streak left by the mineral will reveal the shape of its crystals.
15.
Which would not help you classify a mineral?
a)
hardness
b)
color
c)
streak
d)
size
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