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Grade 9 Minerals
Color is not often a useful identification property because                                           .
  1. some minerals are colorless
  2. the same mineral can be different colors
  3. different minerals can be different colors
  4. some minerals are single elements
Grade 9 Minerals
Which of these is a mineral?
  1. oxygen
  2. diamond
  3. sulfuric acid
  4. wood
Grade 9 Minerals
The Mohs scale measures
  1. density of a mineral.
  2. a mineral's hardness.
  3. the luster of a mineral.
  4. a mineral's type of crystalline structure.
Grade 9 Minerals
A mineral CANNOT be
  1. solid.
  2. formed from once-living material.
  3. naturally occurring.
  4. light in color.
Grade 9 Minerals
Mineral properties depend on composition and                .
  1. structure.
  2. luster.
  3. cleavage.
  4. streak.
Grade 9 Minerals
Minerals are classified according to their
  1. color.
  2. origin.
  3. composition.
  4. specific gravity.
Grade 9 Minerals
What mineral is highly prized for its beauty, durability and rarity?
  1. kunzite
  2. clear quartz
  3. gemstone
  4. igneous rock
Grade 9 Minerals
The regular repeating arrangement of ionic bonds form                     .
  1. a covalent bond.
  2. a crystal.
  3. a covalent compound.
  4. an electrolyte.
Grade 9 Minerals
What is a mineral's streak?
  1. the resistance to being scratched
  2. the color of the mineral in powder form
  3. the way which a mineral reflects light
  4. the way a mineral reacts to hydrochloric acid
Grade 9 Minerals
Which of the following is a property of minerals?
  1. age
  2. length
  3. hardness
  4. size
Grade 9 Minerals
If a mineral breaks along flat or even surfaces, it has
  1. luster.
  2. fracture.
  3. cleavage.
  4. streak.
Grade 9 Minerals
Diamond is
  1. the hardest mineral on the Mohs scale.
  2. a nonmetallic element.
  3. the only mineral with luster.
  4. an isotope of silicon.
Grade 9 Minerals
Crystallization from cooling magma describes one way that
  1. atoms bond.
  2. ions combine.
  3. protons attract electrons.
  4. minerals form.
Grade 9 Minerals
Not all minerals form crystals.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 9 Minerals
What is a mineral's streak?
  1. the resistance to being scratched
  2. the color of the mineral in powder form
  3. the way in which the mineral reflects light
  4. the way the mineral reacts to hydrochloric acid
Grade 9 Minerals
Which of the following is NOT a distinctive property of minerals?
  1. greasy feel
  2. magnetism
  3. double refraction
  4. streak
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