Mineral Checkpoint

1. Which is true for minerals?

• It was once a living thing.

• It is a solid.

• It has no chemical composition.

• It is man made.

A repeated pattern in a mineral is called

• crystals

• hardness

• texture

• luster

The amount of matter per unit volume is

• luster

• texture

• density

• solid, liquid, and gas

Minerals are made in nature through

• freezing and thawing

• evaporation and condensation

• heat and pressure

• erosion and deposition

Tags

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3. Talc is a soft mineral that can be scratched with a finger nail. It would be located at number _________ on the Moh's Hardness Scale.

• 4

• 10

• 5

• 1

Diamond is the hardest known mineral. It is located at __________ on Moh's Hardness Scale.

• 10

• 20

• 5

• 25

The feel of the mineral is the

• texture

• cleavage

• hardness

• fracture

The way a mineral reflects light is

• fracture

• cleavage

• luster

• hardness

Tags

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The powder left when you rub a mineral on a hard surface is

• luster

• streak

• hardness

• cleavage

Inorganic means

• non living

• man made

• comes from nature

• living