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Properties of Minerals

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A naturally formed, inorganic solid with a crystalline structure 
a)
density
b)
streak
c)
mineral
d)
non silicate mineral
2.
The way a surface (of a mineral) reflect light. Either metallic or nonmetallic:
a)
Cleavage
b)
Streak
c)
Luster
d)
Reflection
3.
The tendency for a mineral to split along specific planes of weakness to form, smooth flat surfaces.
a)
Cleavage
b)
Fracture
c)
Crystallization
d)
Fracture
4.
The color of the powdered form of a mineral found by rubbing a mineral against a white tile.
a)
Luster
b)
Cleavage
c)
Streak
d)
Fracture
5.
What is the scale that is used to indicate hardness of a mineral?
a)
Red Scale
b)
Moh's scale
c)
Einstein Scale
d)
Fracture Scale
6.
If a mineral does not break smoothly, and leaves an uneven surface:
a)
cleavage
b)
fracture
c)
hardness
d)
inorganic
7.
The following image shows what mineral property?
a)
Hardness
b)
Streak
c)
Cleavage
d)
None of the above
8.
What are the two types of luster? 
a)
Metallic and Metallic
b)
Nonmetallic and Shiny
c)
Metallic and Nonmetallic
d)
Shiny and Dull
9.
A mineral is a living object
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Which of these minerals is softer than glass?
a)
Topaz 
b)
Corundum 
c)
Calcite 
d)
Orthoclase 
11.
You are in California playing around in a stream when you come across a substance that appears to be gold. Which test would be the most inaccurate in determining if it is gold?
a)
color
b)
streak
c)
hardness
d)
density
12.
The softest minerals is__________
a)
Quartz
b)
Topaz
c)
Talc
d)
Amethyst
13.
Diamond has a hardness of ___ on Mohs Hardness Scale.
a)
1
b)
5
c)
8
d)
10
14.
What is the color of a mineral in powdered form called?
a)
Gas
b)
Fracture
c)
Streak
d)
Liquid
15.
The hardest known mineral on the Mohs Hardness Scale is:
a)
Fluorite
b)
Sypsum
c)
Topaz
d)
Diamond
16.
What occurs when minerals break unevenly along curved or irregular surfaces?
a)
Luster
b)
Fracture
c)
Cleavage
d)
Streak
17.
_____ is if something breaks into smooth flat layers.
a)
fracture
b)
cleavage
c)
streak
18.
How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's 
a)
luster
b)
streak
c)
cleavage
d)
fracture
19.
__________ is if a mineral breaks apart in a jagged or rough layer.
a)
cleavage
b)
luster
c)
fracture
20.
Which mineral property is being shown here?
a)
luster
b)
hardness
c)
cleavage
d)
streak
21.
What is the scale that is used to indicate hardness of a mineral?
a)
Red Scale
b)
Moh's scale
c)
Einstein's Scale
d)
Fracture Scale
22.

When determining the color of a minerals powder, what tool would you need?

a)

streak plate

b)

hand lens

c)

microscope

d)

triple-beam balance

23.

When determining which minerals will scratch other minerals, you would need to refer to the:

a)

Periodic Table of Elements

b)

Rocks Guide Book

c)

Moh's Hardness Scale

d)

Richter Scale

24.

Which indicator would not be good as the only indicator when identifying a mineral?

a)

Color

b)

Breaking Pattern

c)

Specific Gravity

d)

Hardness

25.

Fracture or cleavage of a mineral tells you the:

a)

color

b)

hardness

c)

temperature

d)

breakage pattern

26.

Which of the following is not true of all minerals?

a)

Definite Chemical Composition

b)

Definite Crystalline Shape

c)

Made in Laboratories

d)

Solid

27.

_____________________ means that the mineral was formed by nature, not by a human or machine

a)

Naturally Occurring

b)

Inorganic Processes

c)

Solid

d)

Crystal Shape

28.

What is crystal structure?

a)

How the atoms or molecules are arranged inside of a mineral

b)

The outside appearance of a mineral

c)

The amount of jagged edges in a mineral

d)

The look of all minerals

29.

The F in SNIFC means?

a)

Not a liquid or gas

b)

Man made

c)

The same all the way through, fixed composition

d)

Atoms are arranged in an organized way

30.

What does INORGANIC mean?

a)

Found in nature

b)

Never, ever been alive

c)

Alive at some time

d)

Not a liquid or a gas

31.

A property that cause the minerals to glow in UV light is:

a)

magnetic

b)

reacts to acid

c)

fluoresence

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