Lesson Worksheet: Minerals Science • 4th Grade
In this worksheet, we will practice investigating, describing, and comparing the properties of minerals.
Q1:
A class predicted that all minerals are magnetic. They investigated how three minerals responded to a magnet.
Mineral | Attracted to a Magnet? |
---|---|
Halite | No |
Quartz | No |
Magnetite | Yes |
Was the class’s prediction correct?
- AYes
- BNo
Q2:
Ethan has two minerals, gypsum and quartz. He scratches the gypsum and it easily breaks.
Fill in the blank: This tells us that gypsum is a mineral than quartz.
- Aharder
- Bmore lustrous
- Csofter
Q3:
Fill in the blank: The Mohs scale measures the of a mineral.
- Aluster
- Bcleavage
- Chardness
Q4:
Below is an image of a mineral called talc.

Fill in the blank: This mineral has a luster.
- Adull
- Bpearly
- Cmetallic
Q5:
The table below shows the values that three minerals have on the Mohs scale.
Mineral | Apatite | Quartz | Talc |
---|---|---|---|
Mohs Scale | 5 | 7 | 1 |
Which mineral is softer than apatite?
- AQuartz
- BTalc
Q6:
We can identify the mineral calcite by adding an acid like vinegar to it.

Fill in the blanks: When vinegar is added to calcite, the calcite because it reacts with the vinegar and produces a .
- Aburns, gas
- Bburns, liquid
- Cbubbles, liquid
- Dbubbles, gas
Q7:
The mineral shown below is feldspar.

Fill in the blank: The cleavage of a mineral describes how well it breaks along a smooth, flat surface. This mineral has cleavage.
- Agood
- Bpoor
Q8:
This is an image of hematite.

Fill in the blank: This mineral has a luster.
- Apearly
- Bnonmetallic
- Cmetallic
- Dglassy
Q9:
Fill in the blanks: According to the Mohs scale of hardness, the hardest mineral is , while the softest mineral is .
- Afeldspar, gypsum
- Bquartz, calcite
- Cdiamond, talc
- Dpyrite, mica
Q10:
Fill in the blank: The color of powdered pyrite is green to brown; this property is called .

- Acolor
- Bstreak
- Cluster