Daily Warm-Ups November 2011
Week #1
1.
Mineral formation caused by high pressure and high temperature
would most likely occur in which of the following environments?
a. the ocean
b. at a plate boundary
c. a cave
d. near a geyser
2.
A particular mineral breaks like a piece of glass does. Which of these
describes the breakage?
a. cleavage
b. hardness
c. metallic luster
d. fracture
3.
What type of bond occurs between the silicon and oxygen in a siliconoxygen tetrahedra?
a. ionic
b. metallic
c. covalent
d. nuclear
Daily Warm-Ups November 2011
Week #1
1.
Which of the following is a property of minerals?
a. age
b. temperature
c. hardness
d. size
2.
To what class of minerals do gold, graphite, and sulfur belong?
a. carbonates
b. native elements
c. halides
d. sulfates and sulfides
3.
The Mohs scale measures
a. density of a mineral.
b. a mineral’s hardness.
c. the luster of a mineral.
d. a mineral’s type of crystalline structure.
Daily Warm-Ups November 2011
Week #1
1.
The data table to the right shows
the density of four different
mineral samples. If a student
accurately measured the mass of a
sample of one of the four minerals
to be 77.52 grams and its volume
to be 10.2 cubic centimeters.
Which mineral sample did the
student measure?
a. corundum
b. galena
c. hematite
d. quartz
Daily Warm-Ups November 2011
Week #1
1. A rectangular object has the following
dimensions: Length = 15 cm, Width = 5 cm,
Height = 2 cm. The object has a mass of 450
grams. What is its density?
2. A rock, when put into a graduated cylinder,
raises the water level from an original level of
40 mL, to 47 mL. It has a mass of 35 grams.
What is the rock’s density? (Hint: 1 mL = 1 cm3)
Daily Warm-Ups November 2011
Week #1
1. An empty 250 mL beaker has a mass of
100 grams. When 100 mL of oil is added
to the beaker, the total mass is 180 grams.
What is the density of the oil in g / mL?
2. An unknown substance has a mass of 50
grams, and a volume of 25 cm3. What is
the density of the substance? Will the
substance sink or float in water?