WorksheetsProperties of Minerals
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A mineral breaks into pieces like shown in the picture. How would you describe its breakage?
a)
fracture
b)
Cleavage
c)
Glassy
d)
Waxy
2.
Hardness is a property that helps geologists identify minerals. Scientists use a scale of 1-10 to show the hardness of a minerals. What would be given to the hardest?
a)
1
b)
10
c)
5
d)
7
3.
Which mineral property is being shown here?
a)
Luster
b)
Cleavage
c)
Streak
d)
Fracture
4.
A ______ of a mineral is the color of the powder left behind.
a)
Streak
b)
Luster
c)
Cleavage
d)
Fracture
5.
Hardness is a property that helps identify minerals. Scientists use a scale of 1-10 to show the hardness of a mineral. What would be given to the softest?
a)
1
b)
10
c)
5
d)
7
6.
If you look at a mineral and notice it is broken along flat plains, then that mineral has _________.
a)
Streak
b)
Luster
c)
Fracture
d)
Cleavage
7.
If you look at a mineral and decide it is metallic or nonmetallic, shiny, dull, glassy, how it reflects light - you are looking at its __________.
a)
Luster
b)
Cleavage
c)
Fracture
d)
Special Properties
8.
The ability of a mineral to resist scratching is called _______.
a)
Streak
b)
Fracture
c)
Hardness
d)
Cleavage
9.
What is the name of the scale used to determine the hardness of a mineral?
a)
Weighing Scale
b)
Fish Scale
c)
Jeffs Scale
d)
Mohs Scale
10.
The way I'm going to remember the 5 rules that determine if an object is a mineral or not is ________.
a)
Minerals Are Real Earth Objects
b)
Not Going To Mistake Rocks
c)
Never Gonna Give You Up
d)
Never Flip Out In Science
11.
A ______ is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid that has an orderly crystalline structure and fixed chemical composition.
a)
Mineral
b)
Rock
c)
Crystal
d)
Fluorite
12.
The orderly, repeating pattern of a mineral's particles is called a _______.
a)
Rock
b)
Chemical Formula
c)
Inorganic Proces
d)
Crystal
13.
If a mineral can be identified using magnetism, texture, taste, or reaction to acid, these are known as _________ of a mineral.
a)
Resistance
b)
Density
c)
Special Properties
d)
Luster
14.
The way in which a mineral reflects light is called _______.
a)
Luster
b)
Color
c)
Cleavage
d)
Fracture
15.
Inorganic means ______.
a)
Fossils
b)
Cannot have come from living things
c)
Plastics
d)
Solid
16.
__________ is the mass in a given volume as compared to water on Earth.
a)
Luster
b)
Streak
c)
Specific Gravity
d)
Hardness
17.
A mineral can be either a single element or a compound, but it has to be a
a)
Mixture
b)
Pure Substance
18.
_______ describes how a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way.
a)
Strea
b)
Luster
c)
Cleavage
d)
Fracture
19.
_______ describes how a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way.
a)
Strea
b)
Luster
c)
Cleavage
d)
Fracture
20.
If a mineral has a dark, earthy appearance, its luster would be _________.
a)
Metallic
b)
Nonmetallic
21.
If a mineral has a fixed chemical composition, that means that it ______.
a)
Has a formula
b)
Can be used in chemistry
c)
Is actually a rock
d)
Forms crystals
22.
Naturally occurring means that a mineral is _______.
a)
Made in a lab by scientists
b)
Good at sports (natural talent)
c)
Found on Earth and not man-made
d)
Nature's best friend
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