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Mineral Quiz
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1. The physical properties of a mineral are largely due to
its
4 What information would you use to determine the
1. volume
density of a mineral?
2. melting point
1. volume and shape
3. volume and age
3. organic composition
2. volume and mass
4. shape and mass
4. internal arrangement of atoms
2. A student crushes a small sample of mineral to see the 5 According to the Reference Tables, the most abundant
color of its powder. The student is trying to determine
element in the Earth's crust is
the mineral’s
1. oxygen
3. aluminum
1. density
2. silicon
4. magnesium
2. luster
3. chemical composition
Base your answers to questions 6 through 9 on your
4. streak
knowledge of Earth science, the Reference Tables,
and the table of minerals (bottom of page) which
3. To identify a mineral sample embedded in a block of
shows the physical properties of nine minerals,
plastic, which of the following physical properties
PLACE ALL
could not be used?
ANSWERS
HERE
1. crystal shape
3. color
2. hardness
4. luster
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6.Which mineral has a different color in its powdered
form than in its original form?
1. pyrite
3. kaolinite
2. graphite
4. magnetite
7. Which mineral contains iron, has a metallic luster, is
hard, and has the same color and streak?
1. biotite bica
3. kaolinite
2. galena
4. magnetite
8. What do the minerals quartz, olivine, and biotite mica have in common with diamond?
1. hardness
3. color
2. luster
4. composition
9. Which mineral would be best use in the manufacture of sandpaper?
1. quartz
3. kaolinite
2. graphite
4. biotite mica
10. The diagrams below represent samples of five different minerals found in the rocks of the Earth's crust.
Which physical property of minerals is represented by the flat surfaces in the diagrams?
1. magnetism
3. cleavage
2. hardness
4. crystal size
11. The relative hardness of a mineral can best be tested by
1. scratching the miners] across 8 glass plate
2. squeezing the miners] \\ith calibrated pliers
3. determining the density of the mineral
4. breaking the mineral with 8 hammer
12. Quartz mineral samples are best identified by their
1. hardness
3. size
2. color
4. mass
13 What causes the characteristic crystal shape and cleavage of the mineral halite as shown in the diagram at the
right?
1. metamorphism of the halite
2. the internal arrangement of the atoms in halite
3. the amount of erosion the halite has undergone
4. the shape of other minerals located where the halite formed