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Test Description: Test Review for Unit 1 - Minerals
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the name of the Hardness Scale used to identify minerals?
A
Heaviness
B
Strength
C
Miller
D
Mohs
2) Which is NOT a requirement to be a mineral?
A
Solid
B
Inorganic
C
Naturally occurring
D
Liquid at room temperature
3) What property describes the way a mineral breaks?
A
Hardness
B
Cleavage
C
Streak
D
Luster
4) What are the two categories of cleavage?
A
Good and Bad
B
Perfect and Great
C
Great and Poor
D
Perfect and Good
5) What is it called if a mineral breaks the same way almost every time?
A
Good cleavage
B
Perfect fracture
C
Perfect cleavage
D
Average cleavage
6) Which property describes the way light reflects off of the mineral's surface?
A
Shine
B
Streak
C
Cleavage
D
Luster
7) Which is NOT a type of luster we discussed in class?
A
Greasy
B
Shiny
C
Pearly
D
Silky
8) Why isn't color a good test for most minerals?
A
Most occur in more than one color
B
They all look the same
C
Most are either black or gray
D
They don't show their color all the time
9) Streak shows the color of what material left over after rubbing a mineral on a streak plate?
A
Liquid
B
Rocks
C
Powder
D
Ice
10) Specific gravity is the _____________ of a mineral.
A
Mass
B
Width
C
Heaviness
D
Height
11) A mineral's specific gravity can be any number other than?
A
Zero
B
One
C
Ten
D
Two
12) Graphite is also known as?
A
Gray steel
B
Coal
C
Chalk
D
Pencil lead
13) Sulfur is known for its smell and leaving a _______________ streak.
A
Bright yellow
B
Black
C
Neon blue
D
Orange
14) Which common bathroom accessory contains the mineral fluorite?
A
Shampoo
B
Toilet paper
C
Hand soap
D
Toothpaste
15) The soft mineral talc is ground into a powder to make what?
A
Flour
B
Deodorant
C
Sugar
D
Baby powder
16) A minerals' properties are largely based on...
A
How big it is
B
How its pieces break off
C
How its atoms are aligned
D
How much it weighs
17) What are the two ways to classify luster?
A
Shiny and Dull
B
Metallic and Earthy
C
Metallic and Nonmetallic
D
Bright and Dull
18) Your fingernail can scratch anything less than _________ on the hardness scale.
A
5
B
1
C
10
D
2
19) Which mineral is given a 10 on the Mohs hardness scale?
A
Calcite
B
Gypsum
C
Quartz
D
Diamond
20) Some minerals will do this when liquids like lemon juice are placed on them?
A
Melt
B
Steam
C
Effervesce
D
Freeze
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