What are minerals? Grade 5

1.

Multiple Choice

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What is a mineral?

A nonliving solid that has a crystal form

A piece of rock

A shiny piece of rock that is very hard

A very hard piece of rock that is expensive

2.

Multiple Choice

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Plastic and bricks are what kind of object?

A mineral

Manmade materials

A material found in nature

An alien material

3.

Multiple Select

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Minerals can form in nature where?

Under the ground

In the air

In caves

In your bed

4.

Multiple Select

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1 pt

Mineral crystals can form into different shapes. But what shapes?

Square pyramid

Square prism

Hexagonal prism

Banana prism

5.

Multiple Choice

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The particles in a crystal combine to form....

a shape that is repeated again and again

a shape like a rock

always a square shape

a structure that does not repeat

6.

Multiple Choice

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Each mineral always contains the same....

Elements, such as carbon and calcium

Number of atoms

Number of shapes

Rocks

7.

Multiple Choice

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Diamonds are always made of...

Carbon

Oxygen

Calcium

Calcite

8.

Multiple Choice

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How many different kinds of minerals are there?

Over 4700

450

45,000

150,000

9.

Multiple Select

45 sec

1 pt

What is a way to identify minerals?

Through their hardness

From their luster

Their sounds

Their personality

10.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

What is luster?

How a mineral reflects light

How a mineral sounds

How a mineral feels in your hand

How soft a mineral is

11.

Multiple Choice

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What is the hardest mineral?

diamond

gypsum

talc

corundum

12.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

what score does diamond have on the Moss scale?

10

1

5

15

13.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

The minerals gold, copper, silver have what kind of luster?

metallic luster

earthy luster

glassy luster

14.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

Can you scratch the mineral calcite with a diamond?

Yes

No

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What mineral(s) can be used to scratch diamond?

corundum

topaz

quartz

no mineral can scratch diamond

16.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

The mineral gypsum is very soft. Will it have a high score or a low score on the Mohs scale?

Low

High

Middle

17.

Multiple Choice

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Is the streak of a mineral a reliable way of identifying a mineral?

yes

no

maybe

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which methods of identifying a mineral are all correct?

Luster, colour, streak, cleavage, hardness, magnetism

Luster, colour, streak, shape, fatness,

Luster, colour, streak, hardness, shininess

Luster, colour, streak, cleavage, roundness

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The minerals streak is a useful method of identification why?

Because the colour of a mineral may change

because finding the streak is fun

Because The colour of a mineral is always the same

Because the hardness of a mineral is very useful to find

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The streak of a mineral is always the same as its colour? yes or no?

Yes

No

21.

Multiple Choice

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When a mineral breaks with smooth and straight sides, it is called what?

cleavage

fracture

broken

smashed

22.

Multiple Choice

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When a mineral breaks with rough and not straight sides, it is called what?

cleavage

fracture

broken

smashed

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Crystals made from a process of slow cooling are big or small?

big

small

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Crystals made from a process of fast cooling are big or small?

big

small

25.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

An example of a mineral crystal we use every day is what?

salt

banana

soap

meat

26.

Multiple Choice

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If you scratch a piece of topaz with a piece of quartz, and it does not make a mark. Which is the harder mineral?

quartz

topaz

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the name of the scale we use to measure a minerals hardness?

Mohs scale

Moss scale

Magnitude scale

Moog scale

28.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The mineral form of table salt is called what?

Halite

Hydrogen

Hammersmith

Halo

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