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Which best describe what luster means?
a) How a mineral's surface reflects light (shiny or dull)
b) How a mineral breaks (evenly or unevenly)
c) Whether a mineral sinks or floats
d) How hard or soft a mineral is

Glass has a hardness of 5.5. Which is true.
a) Talc (hardness #1) can scratch glass.
b) Apatite (hardness #5) can scratch glass.
c) Diamond (hardness #10) can scratch glass.
d) Fluorite (hardness #4) can scratch glass.

A mineral's hardness is on a scale of 1-10. Harder minerals have larger numbers. Which is true?
a) A mineral with hardness #1 will scratch a mineral with hardness #8
b) A mineral with hardness #8 can scratch a mineral with hardness #10
c) A mineral of hardness #1 can be scratched by all minerals above #1
d) Only a mineral #10 can scratch another mineral

Why is a tree not a mineral?
a) It is not natural
b) It is not solid
c) It is living and has no crystal structure
d) It is nonliving

If you place a mineral in a cup of water and it sinks, what would you conclude about it?
a) The mineral is buoyant
b) The mineral is not buoyant
c) The mineral is very hard
d) The mineral is very soft

Which correctly lists the 5 characteristics of all minerals?
a) Solid, Natural, Inorganic, Crystal structure, Compression
b) Solid, Natural, Organic, Crystal structure, Chemical composition
c) Solid, Natural, Inorganic, Crystal structure, Chemical composition
d) Solid, Manmade, Inorganic, Crystal structure, Chemical composition

Imagine you smash a mineral with a mallet and it breaks it even pieces. What property have you tested?
a) Color
b) Streak
c) Density
d) Fracture and Cleavage

Minerals are made in a pattern - sometimes only visible under a microscope. What characteristic does this show?
a) crystal structure
b) natural
c) chemical composition
d) inorganic

Which mineral characteristic means that all minerals have a chemical formula?
a) chemical composition
b) crystal structure
c) solid
d) natural

When a mineral scratches another mineral, what property are you testing?
a) streak
b) fracture
c) hardness
d) density

Which mineral characteristics means not living and never alive?
a) Organic
b) Solid
c) Inorganic
d) Natural

What property determines whether a mineral sinks or floats?
a) Color
b) Density
c) Fracture
d) Streak

When you rub a mineral on a tile to see the color of powder it makes, what property are you testing?
a) Streak
b) Fracture
c) Cleavage
d) Buoyancy

Which is NOT a characteristic that all minerals have?
a) Solid
b) Natural
c) Organic
d) Crystal Structure

Which characteristic of all minerals means not a liquid or gas?
a) Solid
b) Natural
c) Chemical Composition
d) Inorganic

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