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Mineral and power resources

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Minerals can be extracted by

a)

Mining

b)

Quarrying

c)

Drilling

d)

All of the above

2.

Metallic minerals can be divided into

a)

Ferrous

b)

Non ferrous

c)

Non metallic

d)

Rocks

3.

Minerals are found in?

a)

Igneous Rocks

b)

Red Soil

c)

Black Soil

d)

Sedimentary Rocks

e)

Metaphoric Rocks

4.

Which country or state has no known mineral deposit in it

(a)  

5.

Which country or state has no known mineral deposit in it

(a)  

6.

Which continent is the largest producer of iron-ore?

a)

North America

b)

Antartica

c)

Europe

7.

A _____ _____ is the rarest diamond

a)

Blue Diamond

b)

Red Diamond

c)

Green Diamond

8.

A _____ _____ is the rarest diamond

a)

Blue Diamond

b)

Red Diamond

c)

Green Diamond

9.

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

a)

ORE

b)

MINERAL

c)

ROCK

d)

SOIL

10.

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

a)

IMPURE

b)

NON RENEWABLE

c)

NON EXHAUSTIBLE

d)

UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED

11.

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

a)

COAL

b)

GYPSUM

c)

ORE

d)

CHEMICAL

12.

........... are hard substances that conduct heat and electricity and have a characteristic lusture or shine.

a)

METALS

b)

NON METALS

c)

MINERAL FUELS

13.

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

a)

DRILLING

b)

SHAFT MINING

c)

OPEN CAST MINING

d)

QUARRYING

14.

ALUMINIUM IS OBTAINED FROM..........

a)

BAUXITE

b)

IRON ORE

c)

QUARTZ

d)

ROCKS

15.

ALUMINIUM IS OBTAINED FROM..........

a)

BAUXITE

b)

IRON ORE

c)

QUARTZ

d)

ROCKS

16.

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

a)

IGNEOUS ROCKS

b)

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

c)

METAMORPHIC ROCKS

17.

Aluminium is Extracted from (a)  

18.

Among the following which mineral is found in pencil we use?

a)

Carbonate

b)

Salt

c)

Iron

d)

Graphite

19.

Which one of these is a non-metallic mineral?

a)

Iron Ore

b)

Bauxite

c)

Limestone

d)

Manganese

20.

Can minerals be created by humans?Answer in yes or no

(a)  

21.

name two types of minerals.

a)

Ferrous

b)

Mettalic

c)

Non-metallic

d)

Non-Ferrous

22.

What are mettalic minerals?

a)

Metals are in raw form.They can be ferrous or non ferrous

b)

Minerals which do not contain minerals.For ex:Limestone

23.

Three methods by which metals can be extracted are

a)

Mining,drilling,ore

b)

Mining,drilling,quarrying

c)

drilling,digging,quarrying

24.

Give an example of shafts

a)

Surface mining

b)

off shore drilling

c)

deep bore

d)

none of these

25.

Name the process in which deep wells have to be made to take the minerals out

a)

Drilling

b)

Quarrying

c)

Open cast mining

d)

shaft mining

26.

Continent which produces the most iron

(a)  

27.

Rocks from which minerals are mined are known as

a)

Ore

b)

Igneous rocks

c)

Ferrous

28.

Example of conventional resource is

a)

Firewood

b)

solar energy

c)

hydel power

d)

nuclear Power

29.

What is the electricity from coal called?

a)

Thermal Power

b)

Buried sunshine

c)

Tidal energy

30.

Why petroleum is called black gold?

a)

Because It is black in colour

b)

Because it shines like gold

c)

Because it is very valuable

d)

Because no one can afford it and earlier villages called it cursed or black

31.

Name eco friendly automobile

(a)  

32.

Heat energy obtained from earth is called

a)

Nuclear Energy

b)

Geothermal Energy

c)

Solar Energy

d)

Biogas