MINERALS AND POWER

MINERALS AND POWER

UNIT 10

WHAT IS A MINERAL?

• NATURALLY MADE

• INORGANIC

• SOLID

• HAS CHEMICAL FORMULA

• MADE UP OF PARTICLES IN ORGANIZED PATTERN (CRYSTALS)

PROPERTIES

non renewable

take millions of years to form

metallic

non metallic

MINERAL ORES

• METALS FOUND IN ORES

• ORES MADE UP OF MINERALS

• TAKEN FROM THE GROUND

• THROUGH MINING AND QUARRYING

• FOUND IN EARTH'S CRUST

Multiple Choice

The solid, geometric form of a mineral produced by a repeating pattern of atoms

• crystal
• density
• element
• fracture 

Multiple Choice

By definition, a mineral has which of the following characteristic(s)?

• definite chemical composition
• crystal structure
• naturally occuring
• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Why is coal not a mineral?

• It's not a solid
• It is man-made
• It is not inorganic
• It is made of carbon

Multiple Choice

A rock which contains a useful mineral is call a/an

• gem
• quarry
• ore
• alloy

METALLIC MINERALS IN PAKISTAN

• copper and gold

• in some places: close together

• Reko Diq mine: Chagai district Baluchistan

• one of world's largest copper deposits

• digging of copper ore from open pits, trucks move them for extraction

• gold found in river and river beds, northern areas

• extracted by gold panning and other basic methods

NON-METALLIC MINERALS IN PAKISTAN

• also found in Pakistan

• differences on the basis of formation and composition

• found all over the world

• mined and quarried in different ways

• cutting, grinding, heating, mixing, shaping

• examples: lime, cement, salt, glass, silicon products

Multiple Choice

____________________ contains metals in raw forms.

• Metallic Minerals

• Non- Metallic Minerals

Multiple Choice

Minerals can be extracted by _____________.

• Mining

• Quarrying

• Drilling

• All of these

Multiple Choice

The extraction of Minerals from the Earth is called _____________________

• Rilling

• Mining

• Digging

• Shafting

Multiple Choice

lime is an example of non non- metallic mineral.

• TRUE

• FALSE