Minerals Test Review
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Look at the picture of the minerals.
What physical property is demonstrated by the pattern of breakage?
29Hardness
Streak
Fracture
Cleavage
- Q1
Look at the picture of the minerals.
What physical property is demonstrated by the pattern of breakage?
Hardness
Streak
Fracture
Cleavage
30s - Q2
What are people testing when they scratch quartz against a glass plate?
Hardness
Fracture
Color
Streak
30s - Q3
What is the most unreliable characteristic to identify a mineral?
Hardness
Color
Streak
Luster
30s - Q4
An unknown mineral can not be scratched by topaz, can by feldspar. According to the Mohs scale, which of the following best describes the hardness of the unknown mineral?
more than 8
more than 4, but less than 6
less than 8, but more than 6
less than 5
30s - Q5
What is the luster of the minerals below?
Resinous
Glassy
Metallic
Non-metallic
30s - Q6
Charlie tested a physical property of a mineral. He rubbed a mineral sample on a piece of white tile. The mineral left a red mark on the tile.
Which of the following physical properties of the mineral was Charlie most likely testing?
cleavage
hardness
luster
streak
30s - Q7
All minerals have these 5 characteristics.
cleavage, crystal structure, streak, color, solid
inorganic, crystal structure, naturally occurring, definite chemical composition, solid
hardness, naturally occurring, luster, definite chemical composition,
fracture
naturally occurring, luster, definite chemical composition, fracture, Moh's hardness scale
30s - Q8
Look at the picture of the minerals.
What physical property is demonstrated by the pattern of breakage?
Luster
Fracture
Color
Cleavage
30s - Q9
Minerals are the building blocks for making ________________.
Molecules
Rocks
Elements
Atoms
30s - Q10
A mineral that is harder than a streak plate will have a ______________ streak.
Red
Colorless
Black
Brown
30s - Q11
How can you test a mineral for hardness?
By dragging the sample along a plate and examining the powder left behind.
By scratching it with other objects and recording what objects can and cannot scratch it.
By breaking the mineral and seeing how it chips.
By looking at it under a microscope.
30s - Q12
Streak measures the color of a mineral’s _____.
Surface
Powder
Crystals
Atoms
30s - Q13
Which of these tells you which elements are present in a mineral?
The chemical formula
The density
The mohs scale
The streak
30s - Q14
Which mineral would make a scratch mark on calcite but not apatite?
Feldspar
Gypsum
Diamond
Fluorite
30s - Q15
Which property can be detected just by looking at a mineral?
Streak
Luster
Density
Magnetism
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