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Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What are the characteristics of Talc?
It has a hardness of 4, a glassy luster, and a white streak.
It has a hardness of 2, a waxy luster, and a white streak.
It has a hardness of 6, a waxy luster, and a white streak.
It has a hardness of 1, a dull luster, and a white or gray streak.
Which mineral has a hardness of 4, a glassy luster, and a white streak?
Flourite
Talc
Quartz
Gypsum
Which mineral has a glassy luster, a white streak, and a hardness of 7?
Flourite
Talc
Quartz
Gypsum
Which mineral has a white streak, a waxy luster, and a hardness of 2?
Calcite
Gypsum
Talc
Feldspar
Which mineral has a hardness of 3, a glassy luster, and a white streak?
Feldspar
Flourite
Gypsum
Calcite
Which mineral has a hardness of 3, a glassy luster, and a white streak?
Light test
Hardness test
Streak test
Luster test
Which words are used to describe the luster of a mineral?
Translucent, opaque, pretty
Metallic, shiny, transparent
Pearly, waxy, dull
Which best defines luster?
How light bounces off a mineral
How hard or soft a mineral is
The shape of the mineral
Which best defines hardness?
How light bounces off a mineral
How hard or soft a mineral is
How light goes through a mineral
Which mineral can scratch flourite?
Talc
Calcite
Quartz
Which minerals can be scratched by apatite?
Topaz, quartz, feldspar
Talc, gypsum, calcite
Diamond, corundum, topaz
Which mineral is the softest mineral?
Gypsum
Quartz
Talc
Diamond
Which mineral splits into sheets?
Magnetite
Calcite
Mica
Diamond
Which mineral is magnetic?
Magnetite
Calcite
MIca
Diamond
Which of the following would be good ways to identify a mineral?
Luster, price, shape
Color, luster, hardness
Weight, taste, color
Which mineral is the hardest?
Magnetite
Calcite
Mica
Diamond
What is the biggest difference between a rock and a mineral?
Minerals are the small bits that make up rocks.
Rocks are different colors than minerals.
There is no difference between rocks and minerals.
Rocks are the small bits that make up minerals.
Which is NOT a solid that is formed in nature that has never been alive?
Rock
Fossil
Mineral
