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What Are Minerals?

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

____________ are solids, nonliving, and chemical elements found in nature.

a)
Plants
b)
Animals
c)
Minerals
d)
Water
2.

__________ describes how easily a mineral can be scratched.

a)
Hardness
b)

Luster

c)

Cleavage

d)

Color

3.

__________ describes how the surface of a mineral reflects light.

a)

Cleavage

b)

Hardness

c)

Streak

d)

Luster

4.

Color can be the only property you use to identify minerals.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

_________ is used to define the hardness of a mineral.

a)
Mohs scale
b)
Transparency scale
c)
Color scale
d)
Density scale
6.

________ is the hardest mineral.

a)
Quartz
b)
Talc
c)
Diamond
d)
Coal
7.

Diamond can only be scratched by ___________

a)

opal

b)
another diamond
c)

talc

d)

quartz

8.

According to the Mohs scale, which of the following can be scratched by gypsum?

a)
Quartz
b)
Talc
c)
Feldspar
d)
Diamond
9.

According to the Mohs scale, which of the following cannot be scratched by corundum?

a)
Quartz
b)
Talc
c)
Feldspar
d)
Diamond
10.

__________ is the color of the powder a mineral leaves behind when it is rubbed across a white surface.

a)
Streak
b)

Cleavage

c)

Luster

d)

Hardness

11.

A mineral's streak will always be the same for all samples.

a)
False
b)
True
12.

_______ is the specific shape of a mineral, which helps scientists identify and classify the mineral.

a)
Color
b)

Crystal shape

c)

Luster

d)
Hardness
13.

________ is when a mineral breaks into thiner slices or planes.

a)

Streak

b)
Cleavage
c)
Hardness
d)
Luster
14.

Minerals that attract metal are __________.

a)
magnetic minerals
b)
heavy minerals
c)

metallic minerals

d)
colorful minerals
15.

Which of the following minerals has a metallic luster?

a)

Gold only

b)

Silver only

c)

Gold and Silver

d)
Quartz
16.

Which of the following reflects more light?

a)

A metallic mineral

b)

A waxy mineral

c)

A glassy mineral

d)

None