Mineral and Power Resources

Which of the following is not a characteristic of minerals?

• They are created by natural processes

• They have a definite chemical composition

• They are inexhaustible

• Their distribution is uneven

Which one of these is a non-metallic mineral?

• Iron Ore

• Bauxite

• Limestone

• Manganese

Deep bores dug to reach mineral deposits are called ________

• Drills

• Shafts

• Quarries

• Mines

_____ has no known mineral deposit in it.

• Switzerland

• Australia

• Canada

• France

All minerals are rocks but all rocks are not minerals.

• True

• False

Chile and Peru are leading producers of copper.

• True

• False

Name two naturally occurring radioactive elements.

• Uranium

• Thorium

• Copper

• Gold

Which country is the largest producer of bauxite in the world?

Three methods by which metals can be extracted are

• Mining,drilling,ore

• Mining,drilling,quarrying

• drilling, digging, quarrying

• Extracting, mining, drilling

Metallic minerals are generally associated with which types of rocks?

• Igneous

• Metamorphoric

• Sedimentary

• All of these