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Question 1

T/F - A minerals’ crystal always has the same shape?

Answer 1

TRUE

Question 2

T/F - When magma cool deep below the earth’s surface it forms very small crystals?

Answer 2

FALSE

Question 3

T/F - Most minerals can be identified by color alone?

Answer 3

FALSE

Question 4

T/F - All minerals have a crystal structure?

Answer 4

FALSE

Question 5

T/F - Some minerals were once living things?

Answer 5

FALSE

Question 6

__ is the amount of mass in a given volume of a substance

Answer 6

Density

Question 7

__ is the hardest known mineral.

Answer 7

Diamond

Question 8

A mineral that splits easily into flat pieces has ___.

Answer 8

Cleavage

Question 9

__ is a solid mixture containing at least one metal.

Answer 9

Alloy

Question 10

Copper and silver are a kind of mineral called ___.

Answer 10

Metal

Question 11

What is the name of the process that removes metal from ore?

Answer 11

Smelting

Question 12

What is a rock that contains a metal or other useful minerals called?

Answer 12

Ore

Question 13

What is a hard colorful mineral that is shiny called?

Answer 13

Gemstone

Question 14

What is a narrow band of minerals that lies between rock layers is called?

Answer 14

Vein

Question 15

What is a mixture in which one substance dissolves into another called?

Answer 15

Solution

Question 16

Minerals crystals form when magma does what?

Answer 16

Cools

Question 17

If you say a mineral is waxy you are describing what?

Answer 17

Luster

Question 18

Minerals that do not split easily into a flat piece is called?

Answer 18

Fracture

Question 19

What is the color of a mineral’s power that’s left behind called?

Answer 19

Streak

Question 20

A mineral is an example of what?

Answer 20

Solid