WorksheetsYr 8 Minerals Assessment
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 22mins
What is the name of the mineral in toothpaste?
Fluorite
Diamond
Pyrite
Blue food colouring
What is a common everyday use of minerals?
Lava
In jewellery
In Mineral water
Plastic
What is Talcum most commonly used for?
Cheese
Baby Powder
Grit
Roads
Why is colour not the best identification process to identify a mineral? Select two responses
Other minerals have the same properties
Other minerals may be the same colour, therefore, causing confusion.The same mineral can appear in different colours
Because I only like green minerals
Other minerals are found in the same place
Can colour be used as a starting point for identifying minerals?
Yes
No
What is Lustre?
Light
The way that light reflects of a certain minerals surface
Light reflecting off a powder
A mineral in it's powdered format.
What is the Moh's scale of hardness?
A scale showing how hard a mineral is to break
A scale of how colorful the minerals are
A scale how much the minerals cost
A scale showing how rare the minerals are
What is the name given to a breakage that occurs along smooth planes parallel to weak bonding?
cleavage
fracture
snapped
shattered
What is the hardest mineral?
talc
apatite
quartz
diamond
What is the softest type of mineral?
fluorite
talc
corundum
gypsum
Minerals that contain valuable metals are called:
minerals
mineral ores
mineral metals
igneous minerals
