WorksheetsMinerals
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 3600secs
What is a mineral?
A small part that makes up the nucleus of an atom
A natural occurring element that is not a plant or animal
Any gas that is found on the Periodic Table
An unnatural element that is always liquid
Which of these is an example of a mineral?
Topaz
Water
Liquid
Plastic
How do minerals form?
When magma heats up, minerals boil to the top.
When magma heats up water, minerals cool it down.
When magma cools down, its molecules form crystals.
When magma is still in a valcano, it is full of minerals.
Where does table salt come from?
It is formed by flowing magma.
It is left behind after a volcano erupts.
It is formed by freezing water
It is left behind when water evaporates.
when a mineral breaks into flat pieces, what property is this?
Streak
Cleavage
Hardness
Color
A diamond is a 10 on the Mohs scale therefore...
It can scratch any other mineral
It can be scratched by another mineral
Diamonds are not strong
Diamonds have streak
Streak is the property of mineral that...
Tells how hard a mineral is
Determines the color
Leaves a colored powder that identifies a mineral
Tells how a mineral breaks
What property of a mineral is expressed using Mohs scale?
Luster
Hardness
Streak
Color
The color of a mineral's powder is
Streak
Luster
Hardness
Texture
The hardest mineral on Mohs scale is
Talc
Diamond
Quartz
Topaz
Scientist use mineral _______ to identify and classify minerals
Pieces
Names
Structure
Properties
Which one is one a property used to identify minerals
Streak
Hardness
Size
Luster
