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Minerals 2025

Authored by Kristin Weidick

Science

6th Grade

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Minerals 2025
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which statement is best supported by the Mohs Hardness Scale?

An iron nail has fluoride in it.

A streak plate is made of quartz.

Topaz is harder than a steel nail.

Apatite is softer than a copper penny.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements are TRUE?

I. Rock is a mixture of one or more minerals

II. A mineral is a mixture of many rocks

III. Minerals are solid

IV. Rocks and minerals are naturally formed

I and II

I, III and IV

Only IV

All of the above

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Using Moh's Hardness Scale, identify the mineral that can scratch calcite but not apatite. Name the mineral.

Fluorite

Quartz

Gypsum

Diamond

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The faster magma cools, the smaller the crystals that form in the rock (less texture). Which rock formed from magma that cooled very rapidly?

syenite

granite

obsidian

pegmatite

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How are rocks different from minerals?

A. Rocks are pure substances, minerals are mixtures.

B. Rocks have no properties similar to minerals.

C. Rocks are made of at least two minerals, minerals are not made of rocks.

D. Minerals are made of at least two rocks, rocks are not made of minerals.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cement, brick, steel, and glass are not classified as minerals because:

they are organic

they are not naturally occurring

they are too hard

they have many uses.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What best describes a mineral?

Substance made in a factory that is solid and liquid.

A substance made of gas and organic materials.

A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a crystal structure and chemical composition.

A solid made from cake ingredients.

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