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MINERALS EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF A MINERAL?

a)

GOLD

b)

BASALT

c)

GALENA

d)

DIAMOND

2.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A CHARACTERISTIC OF A MINERAL?

a)

NATURALLY OCCURRING

b)

SOLID

c)

ORGANIC

d)

CYRSTAL STRUCTURE

3.

ALL THE CRYSTALS IN THIS IMAGE ARE QUARTZ.... WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM WE MIGHT HAVE WHEN IDENTIFY THEM?

a)

DIFFERENT MINERALS CAN HAVE DIFFERENT COLORS

b)

DIFFERENT MINERALS CAN HAVE THE SAME COLORS

c)

THE SAME MINERAL CAN HAVE DIFFERENT COLORS

d)

MINERALS ALL HAVE THE SAME COLOR

4.

COLOR IS ONE PROPERTY USED TO IDENTIFFY MINERALS.

a)

YES

b)

NO

c)

MAYBE

d)

ALL OF THE ABOVE

5.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A STEP USED TO INDENTIFY A MINERALS?

a)

COLOR

b)

ORIGIN

c)

HARDNESS

d)

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

6.

WHICH TEST IS BEING SHOWN IN THE FOLLOWING IMAGE?

a)

STREAK TEST

b)

SPECIAL PROPERTIES

c)

DENSITY

d)

SCRATCH TEST

7.

THREE DIMENSION OF THE MINERAL HAVE ABOUT THE SAME LENGTH.

a)

ELEMENT

b)

EQUANT

c)

FRACTURE

d)

HARDNESS

8.

IT IS A FLATTED AND THIN CRYSTAL OF MINERALS.

a)

COLOR

b)

PLATY

c)

CLEAVAGE

d)

LUSTER

9.

IT IS FORM PRISMATIC OR PRISM-LIKE CRYSTALS THAT ARE THICKER THAN NEEDLES AS IN A PENCIL.

a)

LUSTER

b)

ELONGATE

c)

PLATY

d)

EQUANT

10.

IT REFERS TO THE OVERALL SHAPE OF GROWTH PATTERN OF MINERAL.

a)

EQUANT

b)

HABIT

c)

ELONGATE

d)

PLATY