Science “Earth Resources”

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Practice
1. The way a mineral shines is called as …

2. A solid material made up of one or more minerals is ...

3. A scientist did an experiment which aims to find how easily a mineral can be scratched. The
scientist was actually identifying one property of mineral which is its …
a. streak c. cleavage
b. hardness d. color and luster

4. A student did an experiment. He ground a mineral to powder. The scientist found an interesting
color produced. He was actually identifying one property of mineral which is its …
a. streak c. cleavage
b. hardness d. color and luster

5. The main compositions of all rocks are …

a. metals c. crystals
b. minerals d. living things

6. Which property below cannot be used to identify a mineral?

a. luster c. mass
b. color d. cleavage

7. A student is observing a mineral whose surface reflects light. She is identifying one property of
mineral which is its …
a. luster c. calcite
b. colors d. cleavage

8. Natural, non living solid crystals that make up rock is called ...
a. metal c. minerals
b. crystals d. sediments

9. If a diamond has level 10 on the Mohs scale, which statement below must be true?
a. It can scratch any other minerals. c. It is the hardest minerals on earth.
b. It cannot be scratched by any other d. All the answers are correct.
10. If a talc has level 1 on Mohs Scale, which statement below must be true?
a. It can be scratched by other minerals. c. It is the hardest minerals.
b. It can scratch any other minerals. d. All answers are correct.

11. Budi is observing the samples of rock. He studies the hardness level as the property of the
minerals. He concludes that there are some minerals that can be scratched using the copper
coin. They are …
a. calcite
b. calcite, gypsum, talc
c. fluorite, apatite, and calcite
d. fluorite, apatite, feldspar, quartz, topaz,
corrundum

12. When visiting the geology museum, Tono saw a beautiful purple rock. He tried to identify what
minerals made up this rock. The visitor cannot touch the display, so Tono only observed that it
is glassy. The properties of minerals Tono could use to identify this rock are …
a. color and streak
b. color and luster
c. color and hardness
d. color and cleavage
13. The list of minerals below are arranged based on the hardness level from the softest to the
hardest. Which statement is true?

a. Talc is the softest in hardness level, so other minerals can scratch it.
b. Corundum can scratch diamond but diamond cannot scratch corundum.
c. feldspar can scratch the minerals like quartz, topaz, corundum, and diamond.
d. The hardness level of minerals shows that the lower the number, the harder it will be.

14. Gold is an expensive mineral because it is rare and difficult to find. Mrs Chua, the gold seller,
using the properties of mineral to identify the real gold and the fake gold. She uses a special
plate to scratch the gold and sees the colour of powder left on the plate. The real gold will leave
yellow powder, while fake gold will leave green to black powder. Based on the fact Mrs Chua
finds in the real life, we can identify the characteristics of gold as …

a. Gold has metallic color and the luster is yellow.

b. Gold has more density than fake gold. The the streak is black to green.
c. Gold has less density than fake gold. The luster is metallic. It leaves yellow streak.
d. Gold has higher density than fake gold. It has metallic luster. The color and the streak is
yellow.
15. The volcano left many materials, such as rocks and dust. The rock in the picture below is found
near a volcano area. Siti took the rock and was surprised because it is light. She can see many
holes on the rock that represented how the lava cooled down on the earth surface. Siti found
out that this rock called pumice. It was formed on the earth when …
a. air cooled lava quickly so no crystal formed.
b. water cooled the lava under the ocean.
c. crystals formed in the rock quickly.
d. lava cooled down slowly on earth.

16. Tini observed the physical characteristics of the rock as seen in the picture. She saw many
layers with different colours. She touched the surfaces and felt the sediments. The rock was
formed from the process of …
a. melting and cooling
b. heat and pressure
c. weathering and erosion
d. decomposing organic materials.

17. Dodi likes travelling and collecting rocks. When he visited a place, he observed the rock or the
landform of the earth surface, then he knew what happens to the landform or the rock millions
of years ago. He can prove the rock cycle process by seeing many places. He knows the
characteristics of the rock which was transformed from sedimentary rock to metamorphic rock
as you can see from the picture below, EXCEPT …
a.
b.

c. d.
18. Look at the picture below. It shows the crystal of a mineral. The size is large enough. However,
the processes of crystal formation are various. It causes different sizes of crystal on the rocks.
It can be small or large. Explain how the crystal was formed in the earth so the size can be
large.
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19. It must be interesting to visit a beautiful place with unique scenery. The earth provides us with
many amazing things. Look at the rock! It passed through the natural process a long time ago
and now it can be enjoyed as a tourism place. By looking at the appearance of the rock, explain
what you know about how this type of rock was formed on Earth.

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