PHSC 211 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY 250 PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS FOR PHSC 211 MIDTERM EXAM AND PHSC 211 FINAL EXAM 2025 TEST BANK (NEW!)

PHSC 211 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY 250 PRACTICE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS FOR
PHSC 211 MIDTERM EXAM AND PHSC 211 FINAL
EXAM 2025 TEST BANK (NEW!)

250 PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR PHSC 211 – MIDTERM & FINAL EXAM
✅ TOPICS INCLUDE EARTH STRUCTURE, WEATHER SYSTEMS, PLATE TECTONICS, COSMOLOGY, AND
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All the following properties of minerals are used for identification except ____________. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Melting Point


Quartz can scratch all of the following except ____________. - CORRECT ANSWER-Topaz



A naturally occurring inorganic substance with a definite chemical composition is a ____________. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Mineral


Having 3 planes of cleavage is an identifying property of which mineral(s)? - CORRECT ANSWER-
a. Galena

b. Calcite

c. Halite



5. Metallic minerals are all ____________. - CORRECT ANSWER-Opaque



The way light reflects off a mineral's surface is referred to as its ____________. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Luster


If a mineral is permitted to grow unhindered during its formation, the resulting shape will always be
its ____________. - CORRECT ANSWER-Crystal Form

,All magnetic minerals are also ____________. - CORRECT ANSWER-Metallic



The tool used to determine the color of the powder of mineral is a ____________. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Streak Plate


A mineral that can scratch a nail but that cannot scratch glass is ____________. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Apatite


Which mineral is metallic? - CORRECT ANSWER-Hematite



The cubic shape identifies a mineral that has ____________. - CORRECT ANSWER-a. 3 planes of
cleavage

b. cleavage planes intersecting at 90°

c. an absence of fracture surfaces



The mineral quartz is ____________. - CORRECT ANSWER-The most abundant mineral in the
earth's crust



A unique property of what mineral is double refraction? - CORRECT ANSWER-Calcite



The following statements are true of all metallic minerals except which? - CORRECT ANSWER-
They evidence the property of magnetism.



All of the following are minerals except which? ____________. - CORRECT ANSWER-Coal



The minerals dolomite and calcite are best distinguished from one another by ____________. -
CORRECT ANSWER-An acid test


Gold settles to the bottom of a miner's pan because of its - CORRECT ANSWER-High Specific
Gravity

, Any object with a specific gravity of less than 1 will ____________. - CORRECT ANSWER-Float



Minerals that have the element ____________ in their chemical composition may have an odor akin
to that of rotten eggs. - CORRECT ANSWER-Sulfer



The gas released when weak acid reacts with calcite is oxygen. - CORRECT ANSWER-False



All magnetic minerals will have the element iron in their chemical composition - CORRECT
ANSWER-True


The largest commercial use of the mineral halite is table salt. - CORRECT ANSWER-True



The fingernail can scratch the mineral calcite. - CORRECT ANSWER-False



The mineral scale of hardness was named after the famous scientist Von Verner - CORRECT
ANSWER-False


Crystal shape refers to how a mineral breaks. - CORRECT ANSWER-False



Halite has three plans of cleavage at 90°. - CORRECT ANSWER-True



Biotite and muscovite have 1 plane of cleavage in common. - CORRECT ANSWER-True



The specific gravity of the mineral is estimated by moving the mineral from hand to hand. -
CORRECT ANSWER-True


The mineral talc is 1 on Mohs scale of hardness and has a soapy feel to it. - CORRECT ANSWER-
True