Minerals

What do we call a rock with a high mineral concentration?

• Rock

• Ore

• Stone

• Gangue

What was the first metal that humans learnt to mine?

• Stone

• Bronze

• Copper

• Iron

• Steel

Tick examples of ferrous minerals.

• Copper

• Manganese

• Iron ore

• Lead

• Chromite

Non metallic minerals are usually found in...

• Igneous rocks

• Metamorphic rocks

• Sedimentary rocks

• All rocks

Oil and natural gas are extracted by shaft mining

• True

• False

Which mineral age do we live in?

• Stone age

• Steel age

• Iron age

• Bronze age

What's bauxite?

• Aluminium ore

• Copper ore

• Reddish metal

• Mica ore

HOTS All minerals are rocks but all rocks are not minerals.

• True

• False

HOTS Name one country without mineral resources.

• Mexico

• Egypt

• Antartica

• Siberia

• Switzerland