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WorksheetsProperties of Minerals #2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
Characteristics that can be observed or measured.
physical properties
density
luster
breakage
When determining the color of a minerals powder, what tool would you need?
streak plate
hand lens
microscope
triple-beam balance
When determining which minerals will scratch other minerals, you would need to refer to the:
Periodic Table of Elements
Rocks Guide Book
Moh's Hardness Scale
Richter Scale
Which indicator would not be good as the only indicator when identifying a mineral?
Color
Breaking Pattern
Specific Gravity
Hardness
Fracture or cleavage of a mineral tells you the:
color
hardness
temperature
breakage pattern
Which of the following is not true of all minerals?
Definite Chemical Composition
Definite Crystalline Shape
Made in Laboratories
Solid
Which mineral would scratch calcite but not scratch apatite?
fluorite
gypsum
talc
topaz
Which minerals would all scratch apatite?
diamond, topaz, quartz
quartz, calcite, gypsum
fluorite, talc, calcite
diamond, fluorite, corundum
Which of the following minerals will a knife scratch?
quartz
orthoclase
corundum
apatite
A solid material that is made up of one or more minerals is a __________.
rock
mineral
streak
luster
_____________________ means that the mineral was formed by nature, not by a human or machine
Naturally Occurring
Inorganic Processes
Solid
Crystal Shape
What does the Mohs Scale measure?
Streak
Luster
Hardness
Cleavage
What does inorganic mean?
Something that is living
Something that is dead, but was once living
Something that was never living
What is crystal structure?
How the atoms or molecules are arranged inside of a mineral
The outside appearance of a mineral
The amount of jagged edges in a mineral
The look of all minerals
If I drop a mineral and it breaks into a bunch of pieces what would always be true?
They would be the same size
They would be the same shape
They would have the same crystal structure
Minerals do not break
