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Minerals and Intro to Rocks

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rocks or minerals that are mined because they contain useful minerals that are either metals or nonmetals are called?

a)
gemstones
b)
fossil fuels
c)
ores
d)
diamonds
2.
___________________ is NOT a mineral.
a)
A pearl
b)
A diamond
c)
Copper
d)
Ice in the Arctic areas
3.
What mineral is used in the production of drywall or wallboard?  
a)
talc
b)
gypsum
c)
kaolinite
d)
mica
4.
Which mineral property is being shown here?
a)
luster
b)
hardness
c)
cleavage
d)
streak
5.
Can a penny scratch fluorite?
a)
Yes 
b)
No 
6.
The color of a mineral in powder form is called the mineral's 
a)
hardness
b)
specific gravity
c)
luster
d)
streak
7.
How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's 
a)
luster
b)
streak
c)
cleavage
d)
fracture
8.
Why is coal not a mineral?
a)
It's not a solid
b)
It is man-made
c)
It is not inorganic
d)
It is made of carbon
9.
The following image shows what mineral property?
a)
Hardness
b)
Streak
c)
Cleavage
d)
Density
10.
Dull, silky, waxy, pearly, and earthy are terms that best describe which property of minerals?
a)
luster
b)
color
c)
streak
d)
cleavage
11.
By definition, a mineral has which of the following characteristic(s)?
a)
definite chemical composition
b)
crystal structure
c)
naturally occuring
d)
all of the above
12.
How do you test the hardness of a mineral? 
a)
Throw it against a wall
b)
Step on it
c)
Scratch Test
d)
Kick it until it breaks
13.
What mineral is used for pencils?
a)
Graphite
b)
Galena
c)
Magnetite
d)
Quartz
14.
A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition is referring to
a)
density
b)
streak
c)
mineral
d)
non silicate mineral
15.
The solid, geometric form of a mineral produced by a repeating pattern of atoms
a)
crystal
b)
density
c)
element
d)
fracture 
16.
What mineral is the softest mineral on Moh's Hardness Scale and the main ingredient in baby powder?
a)
feldspar
b)
talc
c)
gypsum
d)
kaolinite
17.
A mineral's resistance to being scratched is called?
a)
streak
b)
luster
c)
hardness
d)
heft
18.
The mineral halite is formed by 
a)
hot water solutions
b)
cooling of magma
c)
cooling of lava
d)
evaporation
19.
The definition of a mineral does NOT include:
a)
crystalline structure
b)
solid
c)
organic
d)
natural
20.
A mineral breaks into pieces like are shown in the picture. How would you describe its breakage?
a)
Fracture
b)
Cleavage
c)
Glassy
d)
Waxy
21.
What is the relationship between a rock and a mineral?
a)
Rocks are made up of minerals.
b)
Minerals are made up of rocks.
c)
Rocks are on the Earth's surface. Minerals are found underground.
d)
Rocks and minerals are different names for the same thing.
22.
A scientist made an object in a lab that has a crystal structure and was solid. Why is the object not considered a mineral?
a)
It is a solid
b)
It is man-made
c)
It is inorganic
d)
It has a crystalline structure
23.

What class does Plagioclase feldspar - NaAlSi3O8 - belong to?

a)

Silicates

b)

Carbonates

c)

Sulfides

d)

Halides

24.

A mineral could be scratched by topaz but NOT by fluorite.

What is the hardness range?

a)

1-4

b)

4-8

c)

4-10

d)

8-10

25.
Minerals form in the following ways EXCEPT...
a)
Cooling of magma
b)
Evaporation of a solution
c)
Metamorphism by heat and pressure
d)
Depositing of sand and soil particles
26.

Gold and silver are mined directly from the Earth. They examples of...

a)

Native elements

b)

Halides

c)

Sulfates

d)

Silicates

27.

Salt and Fluorite are examples of...

a)

Halides

b)

Sulfates

c)

Oxides

d)

Sulfides

28.

The most common group of minerals; contain oxygen and silicon; rock-forming minerals

a)

Carbonates

b)

Silicates

c)

Hardness

d)

Rock

29.

Which picture does NOT show a mineral that cleaves?

a)
b)
c)
d)
30.

Which picture shows a mineral with a metallic luster?

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

All of the images show rocks formed from the cooling of magma or lava. Which most likely cooled the slowest?

a)
b)
c)
d)
32.

Intrusive and extrusive rocks cool at different rates which affects _____.

a)

their color

b)

their mass

c)

their crystal size

d)

their smell

33.
Metamorphic rocks comes from...
a)

existing rock that has changed form

b)
precipitating out of a solution
c)
magma
d)
weathering, erosion and deposition
34.
Igneous rocks come from....
a)
weathering, erosion and deposition
b)
existing rock
c)
Magma and lava 
d)
clasts
35.

According the Bowen's Reaction Series, which mineral would be the first to crystalize from a cooling magma?

a)

quartz

b)

olivine

c)

pyroxene

d)

plagioclase feldspar

36.

Mafic compositions are rich in ________.

a)

iron and magnesium

b)

manganese and plutonium

c)

silica and feldspar

d)

sulfur and calcium

37.

Felsic compositions are rich in ________.

a)

iron and magnesium

b)

manganese and plutonium

c)

silica and feldspar

d)

sulfur and calcium

38.

Mineral most recognizable by its basal cleavage (1 plane) and its elastic tenasity.

a)

mica

b)

olivine

c)

calcite

d)

feldspar

39.

Conchoidal, hackly and splintery are used to describe a mineral's ____.

a)

crystal shape

b)

luster

c)

cleavage

d)

fracture

40.

Metallic, vitreous/glassy, pearly, greasy are terms used to describe a mineral's

a)

cleavage

b)

fracture

c)

hardness

d)

streak

e)

luster

41.

Which mineral reacts with acid?

a)

feldspar

b)

mica

c)

gypsum

d)

calcite

e)

halite

42.

A mineral can be classified by its _____, which refers to groups of atoms repeating in a three dimensional structure.  It can be classified by the relative lengths of axes and the angles that those axes meet.    Halite and fluorite, for example have three axes of equal length that meet at 90o angles.

a)

hardness

b)

luster

c)

crystalline structure

d)

fracture

e)

tenacity

43.

The most common type of mineral is ...

a)

feldspar

b)

quartz

c)

mica

d)

halite

e)

talc

44.

Silica tetrahedrons can form sheets, chains or 3D structures because of their ...

a)

shape

b)

ability to bond together

c)

metallic composition

d)

hard carbon centers

e)

ability to dissolve in water

45.

Which tenacity description is WRONG?

a)

elastic - can bend and snap back

b)

malleable/ductile - can be bent into shapes or wires

c)

They are all correct

d)

brittle - breaks before bending

46.
________________ is the color of a mineral in its powdered form.
a)
Streak
b)
Shape
c)
Magnetism
d)
Luster
47.

Heft is an estimation of a mineral's _____. It can be estimated by comparing the weight of two similar sized mineral samples.

a)

specific gravity/density

b)

luster/color

c)

tenacity

d)

hardness

e)

streak

48.

Polymorph minerals have the same _____ but different _____

a)

same composition, different structure

b)

same streak but different external color

c)

same mineral group but different hardness

d)

same crystalline structure but different chemical make-up

49.

What do bauxite, galena, hematite, magnetite have in common?

a)

all ores for important mineral resources

b)

all are non-metallic minerals

c)

all are native elements

d)

all are metallic and dark silicates

50.

A rock forms from lava thrown out of a volcano. It is a(n) ___.

a)

intrusive igneous rock

b)

extrusive igneous rock

c)

detrital sedimentary rock

d)

metamorphic rock

e)

chemical sedimentary rock

51.

A rock forms from cooled magma underground. It is a(n) ___

a)

intrusive igneous rock

b)

extrusive igneous rock

c)

detrital sedimentary rock

d)

metamorphic rock

e)

chemical sedimentary rock

52.

A rock forms from pieces of sediment that have been precipitated out of a solution. It is a(n) ___

a)

intrusive igneous rock

b)

extrusive igneous rock

c)

detrital sedimentary rock

d)

metamorphic rock

e)

chemical sedimentary rock

53.

A rock forms from confining pressure on other rocks as the rock is deeply buried. It is a(n) ___

a)

intrusive igneous rock

b)

extrusive igneous rock

c)

detrital sedimentary rock

d)

metamorphic rock

e)

chemical sedimentary rock

54.

A rock forms from differential stress that occurs due to plate tectonics. It is a(n) ___.

a)

intrusive igneous rock

b)

extrusive igneous rock

c)

detrital sedimentary rock

d)

metamorphic rock

e)

chemical sedimentary rock

55.

Breaking down rocks

a)

sediment

b)

weathering

c)

erosion

d)

deposition

56.

Sediment is left behind after it has been moving. This is ______, and it leads to the formation of sedimentary rocks.

a)

cooling

b)

weathering

c)

erosion

d)

deposition

57.

Which does NOT describe a rock that has formed from magma cooling underground .

a)

phaneritic

b)

intrusive

c)

igneous

d)

detrital

58.

Which describes the texture of a rock in which sediments can be seen?

a)

foliated

b)

aphanitic

c)

clastic

d)

intrusive

59.

Process by which sediments are squeezed together by the weight of overlying materials driving out water

a)

Deposition

b)

Erosion

c)

Compaction

d)

Cementation

60.

the texture of a metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are not arranged in planes or bands.

a)

Foliated

b)

Nonfoliated

c)

Chemical

d)

Extrusive

61.

A rock that experiences folding and faulting causing its minerals to align will experience ____ and become a metamorphic rock

a)

differential stress

b)

confining pressure

c)

contact metamorphism

d)

lithification

62.

Sediments that are pressed and glued together to make a rock through lithification experience

a)

compaction and cementation

b)

differential stress and confining pressure

c)

meting and cooling

d)

precipitation and erosion

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