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Q: Why is the streak plate preferred over the spot inoculations in this procedure?
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What is scratching a mineral against a glass plate and rubbing a mineral on a streak plate helpful procedure for determining in a mineral?

hardness


Why is the streak plate preferred over the spot inoculations in the blood agar test?

The kidneys filter about 150 to 180 liters per day, so that would be about 6 to 7.5 liters an hour. 6 liters = 1.6 US (1.3 UK) gallons 7.5 liters = 2 US (1.6 UK) gallons


Will diamond leave a streak on a streak plate?

Diamond will not leave a streak on a porcelain streak plate because diamond is harder than the streak plate. It will leave a scratch on the streak plate for the same reason.


What is the purpose of the plate?

A streak plate is used to determine the streak colour of a mineral. You take the mineral and scratch it against the streak plate, and it will create a coloured streak on the plate. The streak is not always the same colour as the mineral itself.


What happens if you rub the mineral across a streak plate but the mineral does not leave a streak?

The lack of a streak would indicate that the mineral is harder than the streak plate, or the color of the streak is the same as the color of the streak plate.


Why is the streak-stab technique preferred rather than incubating the plates anaerobically?

The streak-stab technique is preferred over incubating the plates anaerobically because when isolating colonies allows biochemical testing to be performed. When the plate is incubated anaerobically it lacks oxygen and can not be biochemically tested.


How do you test out a streak?

by strecting it on a streak plate


Can you show me a picture of a streak plate that has a streak from aquamarine on it?

I do not have a picture, but when you scratch aquamarine on a streak plate, the powder will be white colored.


Why do some very hard minerals leave no streak?

Some minerals are harder than a streak plate and will therefore leave no streak or the powder of the ceramic streak plate.


How do you determine the streak of a mineral whose Mohs scale is higher than the streak plate?

You can determine the streak of a mineral whose Mohs scale is higher than the streak plate by either filing or crushing with a hammer before rubbing the sample on a streak plate.


Why doesn't the mineral topaz leave a streak on a streak plate?

It leaves a scratch instead of a streak because Topaz has a higher number on the Moh's scale compared to the streak plate.


What is the name of the streak when you apply specimen to agar plate?

It is called a streak plate, inoculating the agar plate with a zig-zag motion.