Mining Basics

What is mining?

• Process of extracting minerals from the earth

• Technique of manufacturing electronics

• Process of planting trees

• Method of building skyscrapers

Why is mining important?

• Mining provides essential resources for various industries and manufacturing processes.

• Mining is not important at all

• Mining only benefits a few individuals

• There are plenty of alternative sources for essential resources

Name one natural resource that is commonly mined.

• Coal

• Plastic

• Diamonds

• wood

Where can we mine?

• Earth’s forest

• sea

• Mountain

• All answers are correct

What things do people mine?

• Ipad

• Table

• food

• Rocks and stones

Mining is helpful for ________.

Put tick mark on the picture of mining.

We use mining to....... (choose 3 answers)

• go school

• building bridges

• making jewelries

• making car

Name one of the mining place in UAE....

• Asia

• Fujairah

• Pakistan

• Burj Khalifa

Mining helps us to extract things from earth’s crust that are not useful to people.

• True

• False