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WorksheetsMcFarland Earth Science - Mineral Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The property of a mineral splitting evenly along a flat surface is
Luster
Streak
Cleavage
Fracture
The property of a mineral splitting unevenly is
Luster
Streak
Cleavage
Fracture
How a mineral reflects light from its surface is known as
Streak
Element
Fracture
Luster
A physical property that is easy to observe is
Luster
Color
Hardness
Density
The color of the powder left behind by a mineral.
Streak
Cleavage
Color
Luster
A mineral's color when it is ground into powder.
Structure
Texture
Luster
Hardness
Streak
A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
Structure
Texture
Luster
Hardness
Streak
Which of the following is NOT a way to identify a mineral?
Streak
Denisty
Luster
Crumble
Which of the following is a characteristic of all minerals?
Crystalline structure
Fills the shape of its container
Usually organic
Random chemical composition
What is fracture?
Ability to reflect light
A break in parallel planes
Uneven break
One special property of mica that would help you tell it apart from any other mineral is that it
bubbles in acid.
breaks into thin sheets.
is the only gray mineral.
can scratch all other minerals.
You and your classmates have been challenged to identify six minerals. You begin with a glassy, pink mineral. The mineral can scratch glass. Based on these three properties, the mineral is MOST LIKELY
calcite
feldspar
gypsum
quartz
If a mineral can SCRATCH another one, it is -
harder than the mineral
weaker than the mineral
the same mineral
Calcite can scratch -
Apatite
Fluorite
Talc
Diamond is the hardest mineral.
True
False
What type of property test is a mineralogist conducting when she rubs a mineral over a mirror, tile, or hard surface?
Streak Test
Luster Test
Appearance Test
Cracking Test
Which one is not a property used to identify minerals?
streak
luster
hardness
size
What is a crystal?
A pure material that can’t be changed.
Material with a regular,repeating arrangement of atoms.
A foggy like material.
Which of the following do NOT make up an atom?
Protons
Neutrons
Electrons
Neurons
Lithium (Li) is an example of a/an...
Element
Compound
Molecule
Atom
The most common minerals on Earth are...
Silicates
Metals
Alloys
Carbonates
Describe the cleavage of the mineral pictured
3 planes @ 90 degrees
1 plane
No cleavage pictured
2 planes @ less than 90 degrees
What is the best method to distinguish between muscovite mica and biotite mica?
color
specific gravity
streak
cleavage
What is the mineral name for table salt?
Gypsym
Calcite
Halite
Dolomite
The addition of which of the following will control a mineral's color?
trace elements
biological secretions
pigment
water
Only eight elements make up the vast majority of rock-forming minerals. Which of the following elements is not one of the eight?
Oxygen
Iron
Hydrogen
Potassium
Quartz has only one color.
True
False
All minerals have cleavage.
True
False
________ are groups of the same kinds of atoms that cannot be broken down into other substances by ordinary chemical means.
Elements
Electrons
Molecules
Minerals
Which property do you see in the picture?
luster
hardness
streak
What do we call minerals that are made of only one element (like gold or diamond)?
Trace Elements
Igneous Rocks
Native Elements
Original Matter
What do we call the outer-most electrons that govern how an atom behaves?
Valence Electrons
S Cloud
Lewis Dots
Electron Energy Levels
How does an atom become stable?
It gets married and has some kids
It gains the proper number of neutrons
It fills its nucleus with protons
It fills its valence electron shell
Why is anthracite coal not considered a mineral?
Because it doesn't have a consistent chemical formula
Because it isn't a solid
Because it isn't inorganic
Because it isn't naturally occuring
Why is a lab created diamond not considered a mineral?
Because it doesn't have a consistent chemical formula
Because it isn't a solid
Because it isn't inorganic
Because it isn't naturally occuring
Why isn't oil considered a mineral?
Because it doesn't have a consistent chemical formula
Because it isn't a solid
It is a mineral
Because it isn't naturally occuring
Why isn't granite considered a mineral?
Because it doesn't have a consistent chemical formula
Because it isn't a solid
It is a mineral
Because it isn't naturally occuring
If there is a mineral that will scratch a penny, but not glass, which element could it be?
Calcite
Fluorite
Talc
Quartz
What type of crystal shape is this?
Monoclinic
Triclinic
Hexagonal
Non-Crystal
This glow is an indicator of which special property?
Magnetism
Fluorescence
Double Refraction
Transparency
Which mineral is this?
Halite
Quartz
Fluorite
Mica
What do we call this type of crystal shape?
Monoclinic
Hexagonal
Cubic
Conchoidal Cleavage
Why isn't volcanic glass (obsidian) considered a mineral?
Because it doesn't have a consistent chemical formula
Because it isn't a solid
It doesn't have a crystalline structure
Because it isn't naturally occuring
