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What’s It Made of? Earth - Quiz #1
Completion - Choose from the following list to best complete the statements. Answers may be
used more than once or not at all.
Atmosphere
Crust
Lithosphere
Mantle
Hydrosphere-
Inner Core
spheres
Outer Core -
layers
1. The ____ sphere of the earth is composed mostly of the element nitrogen.
2. The ____ layer of the interior of the Earth is where the highest temperature would be
recorded.
3. The _____layer of the interior of the Earth is the only layer that is liquid.
4. The ____ is the sphere of the Earth where we would find clouds.
5. The ____ is the sphere of the Earth that includes the oceans, rivers, lakes and streams.
6. The ___sphere of the Earth that is thinnest under the oceans and thickest under the
mountains.
Matching
Match the mineral identification techniques with its definition.
____7. the color of a mineral in its
powdered form.
____8. The most easily seen property but
not the most reliable.
____9. The tendency of a mineral to split
along one or more surfaces in a pattern.
____10. The resistance to being scratched.
A. Streak
B. Cleavage
C. hardness
D. color
E. Fracture
Multiple choice – Choose the correct
Multiple Choice – choose the letter that best answers the questions. Some of the questions
may require the use of the mineral chart found on the back of your answer sheet.
11. Which material is made of/composed of mostly of the mineral quartz?
A) sulfuric acid
C) plaster of paris
B) pencil lead
D) window glass
12. Silicate minerals contain the elements silicon and oxygen. Which list contains/is composed
of only silicate materials?
A)
B)
C)
D)
graphite, talc, and selenite gypsum
potassium feldspar, quartz, and amphibole
calcite, dolomite, and pyroxene
biotite mica, fluorite, and garnet
13. Which mineral is the major component/may be used for of drywall?
A) talc
C) muscovite mica
B) calcite
D) selenite gypsum
. The table below shows some properties of four different minerals.
14. The minerals listed in the table are varieties/kinds of which mineral?
A) Garnet
B) magnetite
C) quartz
D) olivine
15. If a student picks up a rock, in order for the rock to be considered a mineral it must:
A) be a liquid
C) have a crystal structure
B) be organic
D) be man-made
The diagram below shows four mineral samples, each having approximately the same mass.
16. If the minerals are placed together in a container and shaken vigorously for 10 minutes,
which mineral sample will show the least scratches and the least breakage? (hardness)
A) Quartz
B) amphibole
C) pyroxene D) galena
17. Which mineral will scratch fluorite, galena and pyroxene? (hardness)
A) Graphite B) calcite
C) olivine
D) dolomite
18. Which mineral is commonly used as a food additive?
A) calcite
B) talc
C) halite
D) fluorite
Base your answer to questions 19 and 20 on the diagram below and the mineral chart. The
diagram below shows the results of three different physical tests A, B and C, that were
performed on a mineral.
19. The luster of this mineral could be
determined by:
A) using an electronic balance
B) using a graduated cylinder
C) observing how light reflects from
the surface of the mineral
D) observing what happens when acid is
placed on the mineral
20. Which mineral was tested?
A) amphibole
C) galena
B) quartz
D) graphite
21. Which of the following elements is not found in/composed of Plagioclase Feldspar?
A) Na
B) Al
C) Si
D) Pb
22. Which mineral is composed of Calcium and Fluorine ?
A) Amphiboles
B) Calcite
C) Hematite D) Fluorite
The diagram below show the crystal shapes of two minerals.
23. Quartz and halite have different crystal shapes
primarily because:
A) Light reflects from crystal surfaces
B) Energy is released during crystallization
C) Of impurities that produce surface
differences
D) Of the way the atoms are arranged in the mineral
24. Which mineral has a metallic luster, a black streak and is an ore of iron?
A) galena
B) magnetite
C) pyroxene
D) graphite
A student created the table below by classifying six minerals into two groups, A and B, based
on a single characteristic.
25. Which property was used to classify these minerals? How do these groups differ?
A) Color
B) luster
C) chemical composition
D) hardness
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What’s It Made Of? Earth – Quiz #1 Answer Sheet
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Matching
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