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Random Trivia my Mom knows
100

I am a rock type formed from lava or the hardening of magma.

What is Igneous?

100

How many characteristics are there that assist in identifying whether a substance is a mineral or non-mineral? 

What is 6? Luster, Color, Hardness, Streak, Crystal Symmetry Specific Gravity
100

Is Talc a mineral or non-mineral?

Mineral

100

The ability to float in the water (or not) is referred to as ________. 

Buoyancy 

100

I am the movie Princess Fiona is from.

What is Shrek?

200

I should not be used alone to identify a mineral. I mainly help determine value.

What is color?

200

Does this mineral have metallic or non-metallic luster?

 What is non-metallic?

200

A substance that is neither alive nor dead is _________. 

Inorganic

200

Which characteristic of minerals means that it is not "man made"?

Naturally Occurring 

200

The names of the Seven Dwarfs from Snow White.

Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc, and Bashful.

300

Ten on the Moh's Hardness Scale .

What is a diamond?

300

True or False: Fossils are minerals

False: They are non-minerals because they are organic

300

What property of minerals does this picture show?

 What is Streak? The mineral is being scratched against a surface, leaving colored powder behind.

300

The way a mineral’s surface reflects light is called ______.

What is luster?

300

The sporting event is held every year on Memorial Day.

Indianapolis 500 

400

A mineral has definite chemical composition which means it is made of ________.

Elements

400

True or False: Coal is a solid substance that is inorganic and naturally occurring. 

False. While coal is a solid and naturally occurring, it is organic. Coal is made up of decomposed plants, which makes it organic. 

400

The Mohs Scale uses 10 reference minerals to determine ________.

Hardness

400

A mixture of minerals is called a ____.

What is a rock?

400

I am the country where the Summer Olympics are being held in 2024.

What is France?

500

I  refer to the way some minerals break along certain lines of weakness in their structure.

 What is Cleavage?


500

I am a fancy word for "glassy" for luster description.

What is vitreous?

500

I am the number of rows and columns of jewels on the breastplate that Aaron and the priests wore in Exodus 28.

What are 4 rows and 3 columns?

500

True or False: Calcite can be scratched by a penny and Apatite. (Look at p. 35)

What is true?  Calcite has a hardness rating of 3. Apatite has a hardness rating of 5. Apatite has a higher hardness rating, it would be able to scratch Calcite. 

500

The number of bones that a shark has.

What is zero?