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McFarland Earth Science - Mineral Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The property of a mineral splitting evenly along a flat surface is

a)

Luster

b)

Streak

c)

Cleavage

d)

Fracture

2.

The property of a mineral splitting unevenly is

a)

Luster

b)

Streak

c)

Cleavage

d)

Fracture

3.

How a mineral reflects light from its surface is known as

a)

Streak

b)

Element

c)

Fracture

d)

Luster

4.

A physical property that is easy to observe is

a)

Luster

b)

Color

c)

Hardness

d)

Density

5.

The color of the powder left behind by a mineral.

a)

Streak

b)

Cleavage

c)

Color

d)

Luster

6.

A mineral's color when it is ground into powder.

a)

Structure

b)

Texture

c)

Luster

d)

Hardness

e)

Streak

7.

A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.

a)

Structure

b)

Texture

c)

Luster

d)

Hardness

e)

Streak

8.

Which of the following is NOT a way to identify a mineral?

a)

Streak

b)

Denisty

c)

Luster

d)

Crumble

9.

Which of the following is a characteristic of all minerals?

a)

Crystalline structure

b)

Fills the shape of its container

c)

Usually organic

d)

Random chemical composition

10.

What is fracture?

a)

Ability to reflect light

b)

A break in parallel planes

c)

Uneven break

11.
Means that a mineral cannot come from something that was once living.
a)
Inorganic
b)
Organic
c)
Naturally Occurring
d)
Not Living
12.
This is measured on  the Mohs Scale.
a)
Cleavage
b)
Density
c)
Hardness
d)
Luster
13.
When identifying minerals, _______ can be tested by scratching the surface with different materials such as your fingernail or a coin.
a)
Cleavage
b)
Density
c)
Hardness
d)
Streak
14.

One special property of mica that would help you tell it apart from any other mineral is that it

a)

bubbles in acid.

b)

breaks into thin sheets.

c)

is the only gray mineral.

d)

can scratch all other minerals.

15.

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

a)

calcite

b)

feldspar

c)

gypsum

d)

quartz

16.

If a mineral can SCRATCH another one, it is -

a)

harder than the mineral

b)

weaker than the mineral

c)

the same mineral

17.

Calcite can scratch -

a)

Apatite

b)

Fluorite

c)

Talc

18.

Diamond is the hardest mineral.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What type of property test is a mineralogist conducting when she rubs a mineral over a mirror, tile, or hard surface?

a)

Streak Test

b)

Luster Test

c)

Appearance Test

d)

Cracking Test

20.
What is the LEAST useful way to identify a mineral?
a)
luster
b)
streak
c)
color
d)
density
21.
A mineral is a _______________, naturally occuring solid that has its own regular arrangement of particles in it.
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving
c)
Rock
d)
Small
22.
The hardest mineral is the ______________.
a)
Diamond
b)
Corundum
c)
Topaz
d)
Calcite
23.
The softest mineral on the Mohs Hardness scale
a)
Gypsum
b)
Talc
c)
Diamond
d)
Feldspar
24.

Which one is not a property used to identify minerals?

a)

streak

b)

luster

c)

hardness

d)

size

25.

What is a crystal?

a)

A pure material that can’t be changed.

b)

Material with a regular,repeating arrangement of atoms.

c)

A foggy like material.

26.

Which of the following do NOT make up an atom?

a)

Protons

b)

Neutrons

c)

Electrons

d)

Neurons

27.

Lithium (Li) is an example of a/an...

a)

Element

b)

Compound

c)

Molecule

d)

Atom

28.

The most common minerals on Earth are...

a)

Silicates

b)

Metals

c)

Alloys

d)

Carbonates

29.

Describe the cleavage of the mineral pictured

a)

3 planes @ 90 degrees

b)

1 plane

c)

No cleavage pictured

d)

2 planes @ less than 90 degrees

30.

What is the best method to distinguish between muscovite mica and biotite mica?

a)

color

b)

specific gravity

c)

streak

d)

cleavage

31.

What is the mineral name for table salt?

a)

Gypsym

b)

Calcite

c)

Halite

d)

Dolomite

32.

The addition of which of the following will control a mineral's color?

a)

trace elements

b)

biological secretions

c)

pigment

d)

water

33.

Only eight elements make up the vast majority of rock-forming minerals. Which of the following elements is not one of the eight?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Iron

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Potassium

34.

Quartz has only one color.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

All minerals have cleavage.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

________ are groups of the same kinds of atoms that cannot be broken down into other substances by ordinary chemical means.

a)

Elements

b)

Electrons

c)

Molecules

d)

Minerals

37.

Which property do you see in the picture?

a)

luster

b)

hardness

c)

streak

38.

What do we call minerals that are made of only one element (like gold or diamond)?

a)

Trace Elements

b)

Igneous Rocks

c)

Native Elements

d)

Original Matter

39.

What do we call the outer-most electrons that govern how an atom behaves?

a)

Valence Electrons

b)

S Cloud

c)

Lewis Dots

d)

Electron Energy Levels

40.

How does an atom become stable?

a)

It gets married and has some kids

b)

It gains the proper number of neutrons

c)

It fills its nucleus with protons

d)

It fills its valence electron shell

41.

Why is anthracite coal not considered a mineral?

a)

Because it doesn't have a consistent chemical formula

b)

Because it isn't a solid

c)

Because it isn't inorganic

d)

Because it isn't naturally occuring

42.

Why is a lab created diamond not considered a mineral?

a)

Because it doesn't have a consistent chemical formula

b)

Because it isn't a solid

c)

Because it isn't inorganic

d)

Because it isn't naturally occuring

43.

Why isn't oil considered a mineral?

a)

Because it doesn't have a consistent chemical formula

b)

Because it isn't a solid

c)

It is a mineral

d)

Because it isn't naturally occuring

44.

Why isn't granite considered a mineral?

a)

Because it doesn't have a consistent chemical formula

b)

Because it isn't a solid

c)

It is a mineral

d)

Because it isn't naturally occuring

45.

If there is a mineral that will scratch a penny, but not glass, which element could it be?

a)

Calcite

b)

Fluorite

c)

Talc

d)

Quartz

46.

What type of crystal shape is this?

a)

Monoclinic

b)

Triclinic

c)

Hexagonal

d)

Non-Crystal

47.

This glow is an indicator of which special property?

a)

Magnetism

b)

Fluorescence

c)

Double Refraction

d)

Transparency

48.

Which mineral is this?

a)

Halite

b)

Quartz

c)

Fluorite

d)

Mica

49.

What do we call this type of crystal shape?

a)

Monoclinic

b)

Hexagonal

c)

Cubic

d)

Conchoidal Cleavage

50.

Why isn't volcanic glass (obsidian) considered a mineral?

a)

Because it doesn't have a consistent chemical formula

b)

Because it isn't a solid

c)

It doesn't have a crystalline structure

d)

Because it isn't naturally occuring