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Q 1/19
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Which of the following describes a difference between a rock and a mineral?
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A mineral is a mixture of rock types
Rocks and minerals are the same thing
Minerals have color and rocks do not
A rock is a combination of minerals
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Why is the streak of a mineral more reliable than the mineral's color?
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Some minerals look one color, but streak shows the true color of the minerals
Not all minerals have color
Streak may only show one color when the mineral is made of many colors
Colors of minerals can change
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Which of the following describes a difference between a rock and a mineral?
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Why is the streak of a mineral more reliable than the mineral's color?
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What mineral property is being tested below?
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A mineral sample scratches fingernails, pennies, and glass but does not scratch steel as shown below. What is the hardness of the mineral?
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A mineral sample has a mass of 4.2 grams and a volume of 2 milliliters. What is the density of the mineral?
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Pyrite is called "fool's gold" because it looks a lot like gold. Which properties can be used to tell gold and pyrite apart?
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Yuri conducted an experiment on three metal samples. She created the table below from the data she collected. Using the density table below, identify each sample.
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A mineral sample cannot scratch Quartz, but Quartz can scratch the sample. What is the sample's hardness? Use the information given to answer the question.
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A mineral is metallic, has a true color of red, and has a hardness of 6. Using the table, what is the mineral?
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Which of the following correctly defines a mineral?
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Pyrite, also known as fool's gold, looks very similar to gold. Using the table, how are pyrite and gold different?
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Which of the following correctly defines luster of a mineral?
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If a mineral looks black but leaves a streak of red, what is the true color of the mineral?
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A balance and a graduated cylinder are used to determine the density of a mineral sample. The sample has a mass of 14.7 g and a volume of 2.3 cm cubed. What is the density of the mineral sample?
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Betty Jean has a collection of rocks. She organizes her observations about each rock in a table. What rock should Betty Jean classify as a metamorphic rock?
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Lola finds a rock at a stream she is visiting. She is keeping a log of the rocks that she finds, so she draws a sketch of the rock in her journal. How should Lola classify the rock she found?
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Which geologic process can change any type of rock into sediment?
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What element is missing from this diagram of the rock cycle?
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What geologic process changes pieces of rocks, minerals, and other material into sedimentary rock?
