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