Identifying Minerals Quizizz

All rocks are made out of...

• other rocks 
• minerals
• Mica
• Fluorite

Scientist who study the earth are called...

• Volcanologist 
• Palentologist
• Archologist 
• Geologist

Geologist name and identify minerals by their  different ___________.

• properties
• size
• shape
• color

True or False: 
Some minerals can come in more than one color.

• True 
• False

What property is being observed when you rub a mineral on a surface and look at the color of the mark it leaves? 

• hardness
• color
• streak
• magnetism

What property is being observed when a geologist is scratching a mineral? 

• color
• hardness
• cleavage
• fracture

Small pieces of broken minerals are called...

• pieces
• cleavage
• broken
• fractures

A mineral has this property if small bits of iron or steel stick to it. 

• cleavage
• color 
• magnetism 
• metal

True or False: 
When testing a mineral for hardness, it is given a number.  The lower the number, the harder the mineral. 

• True
• False

What is the name of the light property given to a mineral if NO LIGHT can pass through it?

• Transparent
• Translucent
• Opaque