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Pretest Minerals, Rocks, & Minning

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The color of a mineral in powder form is called the mineral's 
a)
hardness
b)
specific gravity
c)
luster
d)
streak
2.
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
3.
The following image shows what mineral property?
a)
Hardness
b)
Streak
c)
Cleavage
d)
Density
4.
Dull, silky, waxy, pearly, and earthy are terms that best describe which property of minerals?
a)
luster
b)
color
c)
streak
d)
cleavage
5.
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
6.
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
7.
What mineral is salt?
a)
quartz
b)
sulfur
c)
halite
d)
calcite
8.
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
9.
__________ is if a mineral breaks apart in a jagged or rough layer.
a)
cleavage
b)
luster
c)
fracture
10.
Texture is based on:
a)
size & shape of a rock's mineral grains
b)
how/where a rock forms
c)
the minerals a rock is made up of
11.

A member of the mineral group that has silicon and oxygen in it...

a)

silicate

b)

oxygenate

12.
Nonsilicate minerals
a)
do not contain oxygen
b)
include native elements such as gold, silver, and copper
c)
all have a nonmetallic luster
d)
are all rare substances
13.
A substance that cannot be separated or broken down into simpler substances by chemical means is
a)
sulfate
b)
ore
c)
crystal
d)
element
14.
A natural material whos concentration of economically valuable minerals is high enough for the material to be mined profitably is
a)
element
b)
mineral
c)
crystal
d)
ore
15.
Returning the land to the way it was before mining is called
a)
surface mining
b)
reclamation
c)
fracture 
d)
Mohs Hardness Scale
16.
Minerals that form from magma that cooled slowly have 
a)
no crystals
b)
large crystals
c)
impurities
d)
small crystals
17.
Which is one of the three most common elements in Earth's crust?
a)
Calcium
b)
Sodium
c)
Silicon
d)
Quartz
18.
What are the two main families of minerals that are rock forming?
a)
crystals and noncrystals
b)
metals and nonmetals
c)
silicates and nonsilicates
d)
atoms and ions
19.
What form must a solid have to considered a mineral?
a)
atom
b)
ion
c)
crystal
d)
None of these are correct.
20.
Which of the following is an example of a nonsilicate?
a)
Mica
b)
Halite
c)
Quartz
d)
All of these.
21.
Which of the following is an example of a silicate?
a)
Calcite
b)
Halite
c)
Quartz
d)
All of these.
22.
The special property that causes some minerals to glow is:
a)
Density
b)
Reclamation
c)
Fluorescence
d)
Specific Gravity
23.
A substance that cannot be separated or broken down into simpler substances by chemical means is
a)
sulfate
b)
ore
c)
crystal
d)
element
24.
What are the two types of luster? 
a)
Metallic and Metallic
b)
Nonmetallic and Shiny
c)
Metallic and Nonmetallic
d)
Shiny and Dull
25.
What term refers to the regular, geometric shapes that occur in many minerals?
a)
fracture
b)
crystal
c)
composition
d)
none of the above
26.
When miners strip away plants, soil, and unwanted rocks from Earth's surface. 
a)
strip mining 
b)
open-pit mining 
27.
Miners use explosives to break up the underlying rock and recover the ore. 
a)
strip-mining 
b)
open-pit mining 
28.

A substance made of two or more elements, chemically joined or bonded

a)

Compound

b)

element

c)

mineral

d)

crystals

29.

The measure of how much matter is in a given amount of space....

a)

hardness

b)

density

c)

mass

d)

weight

30.

Contains material that can be extracted and sold for profit

a)

gem

b)

ore

c)

quarry

d)

alloy

31.
A mineral can be formed from which of the following ways?
a)
Precipitation
b)
Magma cooling slowly
c)
breaking rocks
d)
rock being heated to form a liquid.
32.

environment in which groundwater works its way downward and is heated by magma and then reacts with minerals

a)

plutons

b)

pegmatites

c)

limestones

d)

Hot water solutions

33.

teardrop-shaped bodies with large crystals such as gemstones, that form when magma moves upward

a)

hot water solutions

b)

Pegmatities

c)

limestone

d)

Pluton

34.

rocks formed when surface and groundwater carry dissolved materials into lakes and seas where they crystalize

a)

pluton

b)

limestones

c)

Evaporating salt water

d)

pegmatites

35.

Texture is based on:

a)

size & shape of a rock's mineral grains

b)

how/where a rock forms

c)

the minerals a rock is made up of

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