Minerals and Power resources

Minerals can be extracted by:

• Mining

• Drilling

• Quarrying

• All of the above

Metallic minerals can be divided into:

• Non-Ferrous

• Non metallic

• Ferrous

• Rocks

Minerals are found in:

• Red soil

• Metaphoric Rocks

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Black Soil

• Igneous Rocks

Which continent is the largest producer of iron ore?

• North America

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

A _____ _____ is the rarest diamond

• Blue Diamond

• Red Diamond

• Green Diamond

• White Diamond

A naturally occurring substance that has a definite chemical composition is known as a ………….

 

Which one of the following properties of a mineral is not correct?

• Impure

• Non Renewable

• Non Exhaustible

• Unevenly Distributed

Rocks from which minerals are mined are known as...........

• Ore

• Coal

• Gypsum

• Sedimentary Rocks

Deep bores made to reach mineral deposits that lie at great depths. What is this process called?

• Drilling

• Open Cast Mining

• Shaft Mining

• Quarrying

Non-metallic minerals like Limestone, Sandstone, coal etc. are found in the ………………

• Igneous Rocks

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Metamorphic Rocks