Mineral Worksheet/ Study Guide

Question 1

A ___________ is the smallest particle of matter.

Answer 1

Quarks

Question 2

An ______________ is a substance made of one kind of atom.

Answer 2

Element

Question 3

The Modern ____________________ Table is a chart containing all the known elements.

Answer 3

Water & element

Question 4

Name the mineral that is made up of the elements silicon and oxygen.

Answer 4

Quartz

Question 5

Name a single element mineral.

Answer 5

Silicon

Question 6

Where are minerals found?

Answer 6

Earth’s crust

Question 7

About how many elements are there on earth?

Answer 7

118

Question 8

List five of the 111 known elements.

Answer 8

Gold, iron, sodium, oxygen, helium

Question 9

About how many minerals are found Earth?

Answer 9

3,800

Question 10

Coal is a solid ___________________ substance that is formed from decaying plant matter.

Answer 10

Nonrenewable

Question 11

Name another organic substance that is not a mineral.

Answer 11

Amber and coal

Question 12

Name the most common element found on Earth.

Answer 12

Oxygen

Question 13

Name two precious minerals.

Answer 13

Gold and silver

Question 14

Name other term used for mineral characteristics.

Answer 14

Properties

Question 15

What is mica?

Answer 15

A mineral

Question 16

How does mica break?

Answer 16

In thin sheets

Question 17

Minerals _________ out of a liquid made of water and one or more elements.

Answer 17

Form

Question 18

Elements that make up each mineral are arranged in a set _____________.

Answer 18

Of pattern

Question 19

Name the properties that miners are used to help identify gold.

Answer 19

Color and luster

Question 20

What changes a minerals color?

Answer 20

Impurities

Question 21

Minerals are identified by _____________.

Answer 21

Properties

Question 22

Name two minerals that at least have three different color properties to consider.

Answer 22

Quartz and diamond

Question 23

When minerals are rubbed on a piece of unglazed tile they leave a colored line called ________________.

Answer 23

A streak

Question 24

Name the property that reflects light.

Answer 24

Luster

Question 25

Name the property that compares how heavy a mineral is compared with how much space it takes up.

Answer 25

Density

Question 26

Name the property when two minerals are rubbed together the harder mineral will scratch the softer mineral.

Answer 26

Hardness

Question 27

When minerals break along flat, even surfaces or in more than one direction this property is called __________.

Answer 27

Cleavage

Question 28

When a mineral breaks along curved or uneven surfaces rather than flat surface, this property is known as _______________.

Answer 28

Fracture

Question 29

What is the name of the hardness scale?

Answer 29

Moh's hardness scale

Question 30

Name an example of a mineral that would use the property of taste.

Answer 30

Halite

Question 31

Using the Moh's scale which has the hardness of 7?

Answer 31

Quartz

Question 32

The mineral sulfur can be indentified by the property of __________ and ___________.

Answer 32

Color and smell

Question 33

What is the softest mineral on the Moh's scale?

Answer 33

Talc

Question 34

What is the hardest mineral on the Moh's scale?

Answer 34

Diamond

Question 35

What is the shape of a salt crystal?

Answer 35

Cube

Question 36

All ores are _____________.

Answer 36

Minerals

Question 37

All minerals are not _______.

Answer 37

Ores

Question 38

Name a metal that is used in making nails and railways.

Answer 38

Iron

Question 39

Mining is the removal of an ________ from the Earth.

Answer 39

Ore

Question 40

What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?

Answer 40

The difference between a rock and a mineral is that a rock is made of minerals.

Question 41

How are rocks and minerals used?

Answer 41

Some are used for drills, jewelry, and raw material.

Question 42

Where are rocks and minerals found?

Answer 42

In the Earth's crust.

Question 43

Why don't all minerals look alike?

Answer 43

Each mineral is made up of different elements.

Question 44

What is a mineral?

Answer 44

A mineral is a solid inorganic (non-living) substance, found in nature, and is made up of a set amount of ingredients called elements.

Question 45

What are some properties of minerals?

Answer 45

Color, luster, hardness, streak, smell, taste, density, cleavage, and fracture.

Question 46

Which mineral on the Moh's scale will scratch topaz?

Answer 46

A diamond

Question 47

Which minerals will be scratched by fluorite?

Answer 47

Talc, gypsum, calcite, apatite, fieldspar, quartz, topaz, and diamond.

Question 48

What is borax?

Answer 48

A mineral