1. The hardest mineral according to Moh's scale of hardness is? a.
Diamond
b. Gypsum
c. Corundum
d. Talc
2. Gold can be sliced with
knife while pyrite can't. What property of minerals explains this?
a. Ductility
b. Cleavage
c. Sectility
d. Streak
3. Pyrite is a yellowish mineral that looks like gold and is coramonly called fool's gold. What is the property of mineral exhibited by pyrite wherein it reflects light and with a metallic look? Streak b. Hardness
a. a. c. Luster d. Color
4. Rocks can develop fractures along planes of cleavage. What property of minerals is shown in the situation
a. Cleavage
b. brittlesness
c. fracture
d. Streak
5. It is difficult to distinguish gold from pyrite (fool's gold). What mineral property should be tested to help distinguish the two minerals from each other?
a. Color
b. Sectility
c. Streak
d. Cleavage
6. It is the building block of rocks. a.Atoms
c. Ore
b. Minerals
d. Soil
7. Which of the following doesn't belong to the group?
a. Sectility b
. Brittleness c
. Malleability
d. Luster
8. Which of the following is not a mineral? a. Talc
b. Bauxite
c. Gypsum
d. Oxidane
9. It it's powdered form, the mineral hematite is reddish. Which mineral property is best described?
a, Color
b. Streak
c. Luster
d. Diaphaneity
10. The property of minerals to reflect light of its surface. a. Color c
b. Streak
d. Luster
d. Diaphaneity
11. Mineral can be defined as?
a. Organic mineral b. Homogenous Solid c. Naturally occurring
d. Both A and C
12. Which refers to a naturally occurring, Inorganic solid that has a definite crystalline structure and chemical composition?
a. compound
b. crystal
c. luster
d. rock
13. The property of minerals that pertains to the solid form of a mineral due to the repeating arrangement of atoms?
a. Crystalline Structure
b. Density
c. luster
d. Streak
14. Diamond can be used as a drill and cutter in metal making industries. Which property of minerals makes this possible?
a. Hardness
b. Malleability
c. Streak
d. luster
15. Copper is used in electrical wiring. What property of minerals is
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14. d
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