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Test Description: Mineral review
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1) What is the word to describe the measure of the resistance of a mineral to being scratched?
A
crystal form
B
luster
C
cleavage
D
hardness
2) The silicon oxygen tetrahedron is a characteristic of this mineral group
A
sillicates
B
halides
C
oxides
D
carbonates
3) How are minerals classified
A
based on color
B
based on composition
C
based on crystal structure
D
based on class
4) What is the word that describes the color of a mineral in powdered form?
A
streak
B
cleavage
C
luster
D
color
5) Which mineral group contains the elements that contain oxygen and one or more other elements which are usually metals?
A
oxides
B
sulfates/sulfides
C
silicates
D
carbonates
6) Which of the following is not a characteristic of a mineral?
A
definate chemical composition
B
considered organic
C
solid substance
D
naturally occuring
7) Smell and feel are examples of distinctive properties
A
false
B
true
8) Which mineral group has minerals that contain a halogen ion plus one or more other elements?
A
oxides
B
silicates
C
carbonates
D
hailides
9) What does the mohs scale measure?
A
hardness
B
color
C
mineral
D
luster
10) which is a characteristic of the native elements group of minerals?
A
contains the element sulfur
B
exist in relatively pure form
C
contain a halogen ion plus one or more other elements
D
contain carbon, oxygen, and one or more other element
11) How do you calculate density?
A
volume x mass
B
mass / volume
C
volume / mass
D
mass x volume
12) What is the word used to describe the tendency of a mineral to cleave, or break, along flat, even surfaces?
A
fracture
B
cleavage
C
hardness
D
streak
13) Dolomite and calcite are examples of which mineral group that are described as containing the element carbon, oxygen, and one or more other metallic elements?
A
silicates
B
carbonates
C
native elements
D
hailides
14) Small amounts of different elements can give the same mineral different what?
A
hardness
B
luster
C
color
D
density
15) What is the tendency of a mineral to break unevenly
A
hardness
B
cleavage
C
fracture
D
luster
16) Which is a characteristic of the mineral group sulfates/sulfides?
A
contains the elements carbon, oxygen, and one or more other metallic elements
B
contains the element sulfur
C
contains oxygen and one or more other elements, which are usually metals
D
contains silicon oxygen tetrahedron
17) How can crystal form be described?
A
the visible expression of a minerals internal arrangement of atoms
B
how light is reflected from the surface of a mineral
C
the color of a mineral in its powdered form
D
the tendency of a mineral to cleave, or break, along flat, even surfaces
18) What is 2 ways that minerals form
A
pressure and temperature and hydrothermal solutions
B
precipitation and magma
C
crystallization and hydrothermal solutions
D
pressure and precipitation
19) What is the word used to describe how light is reflected from the surface of a mineral?
A
cleavage
B
fracture
C
luster
D
crystal form
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