WorksheetsMineral Properties and Identification
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 31mins
When a mineral breaks along rough, jagged surfaces it's called
fracture
cleavage
hardness
streak
#1 on the Mohs Hardness Scale and also used in baby powder.
halite
talc
graphite
gypsum
The least accurate way to identify a mineral.
color
hardness
streak
density
The measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
streak
color
luster
hardness
This mineral is used to preserve and season food. It is the mineral name for salt.
magnetite
graphite
gypsum
halite
This mineral is commonly used in pencil lead.
halite
talc
graphite
sulfur
The way that a mineral reflects light. It can be metallic or non-metallic.
streak
hardness
fracture
luster
The color left by a mineral in its powdered form.
streak
density
hardness
smudge
In order to be classified as a mineral a substance must be
man-made
organic
able to be scratched by a penny
naturally occurring
A solid substance in which the atoms are arranged in an orderly, repeating pattern.
Element
Molecule
Mixture
Mineral
density and hardness
Minerals are formed by cooling magma.
True
False
Minerals may be changed into other minerals due to high pressure and heat.
True
False
Which crystal form does this crystal show?
Orthorhombic
Hexogonal
Rhomohedral
Cubic
The silicate family of minerals has what element in it?
silicon
phosphorus
sulfur
carbon
Which mineral property can be tested with a black light?
cleavage
streak
luster
fluorescence
A scale ranking ten minerals from softest to hardest; used in testing the hardness of minerals
periodic table
mohs hardness scale
fracture scale
richter scale
The mineral group that contain oxygen and a metal
halides
sulfides
carbonates
oxides
minerals that contain silicon and oxygen and usually one or more other elements
silicates
sulfides
oxides
halides
The mineral groups that contain the elements carbon, oxygen, and one or more other metallic elements
carbonates
silicates
halides
oxides
What is the correct formula for density?
d=m/v
d= v/m
m=d/m
none of the above
What are the most common minerals in earth's crust?
Native elements like gold and silicon
Sulfides like gypsum and pyrite
Carbonates like dolomite and calcite
Silicates like quartz and feldspar
A mineral can be formed from which of the following ways?
The cooling of magma or lava
Being made in a lab by scientists
Metamorphism of other rocks
Evaporation of water solutions
Which mineral has cleavage?
Which mineral has fracture?
You rub a mineral on a streak plate and there is no streak, this is because...
the mineral is too soft
the mineral is too dark
the mineral is too hard
the streak plate is too dark
Which mineral do you think you could identify the crystal structure of?
___ is the structure that is based on the number and angle of the faces.
Crystal form
Density
Hardness
Streak
What is the best definition of a mineral?
living, organic, naturally formed substance
non-living, organic substance
solid, organic substance
naturally formed, inorganic, solid
What are the two types of luster?
Metallic and Dull
Nonmetallic and Shiny
Metallic and Nonmetallic
Shiny and Dull
mineral's ability to bubble when acid is dropped on its surface
fluorescence
effervescence
composition
magnetism
