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What does definite chemical composition mean?
a) The set number and arrangement of the elements that make the minerals
b) It can NOT be created from something that was once alive
c) The repeating 3D pattern
d) No human can intervene with its creation
What does the characteristic is a solid mean?
a) Can not be a liquid or a gas
b) No human can intervene with its creation
c) The repeating 3D pattern
d) It can NOT be created from something that was once alive
What does the characteristic Inorganic mean?
a) It can NOT be created from something that was once alive
b) The repeating 3D pattern
c) No human can intervene with its creation
d) Can not be a liquid or a gas
Which test listed below would NOT be considered a special property?
a) Hardness
b) Reacts with acid
c) Magnetic
d) Radioactive
What does the characteristic forms in nature mean?
a) No human can intervene with its creation
b) Can not be a liquid or a gas
c) The number and arrangement of the elements that make the minerals
d) The repeating 3D pattern
What is the test for streak?
a) Where you scrape the mineral on a porcelain plate and look at the powder
b) Seeing how heavy something is compared to a different sample
c) Determining how a mineral breaks
d) Examining the mineral to see how light reflects off of it.
Which test can not stand on its own because it is the least reliable?
a) Color
b) Streak
c) Hardness
d) Luster
What does the test for luster determine?
a) Examining the mineral to see how light reflects off of it.
b) Seeing how heavy something is compared to a different sample
c) You will determine how hard or soft a mineral is by scratching it
d) Determining how it breaks
What is the density test?
a) Seeing how heavy something is compared to a different sample
b) You will determine how hard or soft a mineral is by scratching it
c) Determining how it breaks
d) Examining the mineral to see how light reflects off of it.
What is the hardness test?
a) You will determine how hard or soft a mineral is by scratching it
b) Determining how it breaks
c) Seeing how heavy something is compared to a different sample
d) Examining the mineral to see how light reflects off of it.
What is fracture?
a) A minerals tendency to break in irregular pieces
b) A minerals tendency to break in a pattern
c) How the light reflects off a mineral
d) How hard or soft a mineral is by scratching it
What is Cleavage?
a) A minerals tendency to break in a pattern
b) A minerals tendency to break in irregular pieces
c) How the light reflects off a mineral
d) How hard or soft a mineral is by scratching it
What is the mineral halite used for?
a) Table salt
b) Computer parts
c) baby powder
d) toothpaste
What mineral is used to make baby powder?
a) Talc
b) Halite
c) Copper/gold
d) Fluorite
What mineral is used to help strengthen your bones and teeth?
a) Calcium
b) Talc
c) Halite
d) Copper
What mineral is used to make computer parts?
a) Copper/gold
b) Halite
c) Talc
d) Fluorite
What is the mineral used to make toothpaste?
a) Fluorite
b) Calcium
c) Talc
d) Halite
Which option is not a gemstone?
a) Calcium
b) Diamond
c) Emerald
d) Ruby
Which special property is that some minerals will glow when under a black light?
a) Fluorescence
b) React with acid
c) Magnetic
d) Radioactive
What is the special property where the mineral will be pulled to a magnetic?
a) Magnetic
b) Radioactive
c) Fluorescence
d) Reacts with acid
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