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WorksheetsMineral and Power Resources
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 11mins
Why has quarrying become a major environmental concern?
Minerals are pollutants
Due to dust raised from the quarrying activities
It is done by displacing people
All of the above
Three methods by which metals can be extracted are
Mining, drilling, ore
Mining, drilling, quarrying
drilling, digging, quarrying
Quarrying, shafting, digging
From the options given here, choose the one that is an example of shafts.
Surface mining
off shore drilling
deep bore
Pit mining
Name the process in which deep wells have to be made to take the minerals out
Drilling
Quarrying
Open cast mining
shaft mining
Generally in which form are the metallic minerals found?
Igneous
Metaphoric
sedimentary
All of these
Rocks from which minerals are mined are known as:
Ore
Igneous rocks
Ferrous
Non-ferrous
Which of the following is sn example of conventional source of energy?
Firewood
solar energy
hydel power
nuclear Power
What is the electricity generated from coal known as?
Thermal Power
Buried sunshine
Tidal energy
Why petroleum is called black gold?
As it is black in colour.
As it shines like gold.
As it is very valuable.
As no one can afford it and earlier villages called it cursed or black.
Heat energy obtained from earth is know as ______________.
Nuclear Energy
Geothermal Energy
Solar Energy
Biogas
The mineral used to make pencil lead is __________________
Lead
Tin
Graphite
Carbon
One-fourth of the world's electricity is produced from ____________ power.
Thermal
Hydel
Nuclear
Solar
Identify this mineral and which countries are the largest producers?
Corundum, India & USA
Gold, South Africa & Australia
Copper, Chile & Peru
Tin, China & Ghana
ALUMINIUM IS OBTAINED FROM..........
BAUXITE
IRON ORE
QUARTZ
ROCKS
Non-metallic minerals like Limestone, Sandstone, coal etc. are found in the ………………
IGNEOUS ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
METAMORPHIC ROCKS
Which country has no known mineral deposit?
America
India
Switzerland
China
What type of mineral is silicon?
Metallic
Non-metallic
Ferrous metallic
Neither metallic nor non-metallic
Where do we find natural gas resources in India?
Uttar Pradesh
Kerala
Mumbai High
Tamil Nadu
Where is thorium found in India?
Rajasthan
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Expand CNG.
Compressed Natural Gas
Contaminated Natural Gas
Copying Nature's Gift
Compressed Nature Glory
______________ is an important mineral for the smelting of iron-ore.
Manganese
Nickle
Zinc
Aluminium
Which one of the following countries in Europe has the largest deposits of iron?
Portugal
Russia
Germany
Hungary
Where do you find the deepest gold mine in the world?
India
South Africa
Australia
Brazil
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 of the following statements is false
Minerals are evenly distributed
Minerals are concentrated in a particular area
Some minerals are found in places that are not easily accessible
Minerals are composed of one or two elements
Which of the following is not a coal producing area in India?
Raniganj
Jhallian
Dhanbad
Bokaro
The first country in the world to develop hydroelectricity.
Sweden
France
Scotland
Norway
The site of the world’s first solar and wind-powered bus shelter
Scotland.
Netherland
France
Swedan
Wind power is an energy source that causes very little pollution. Large modern wind turbines are turned by the wind to produce electricity. What type of resource is wind power?
nonrenewable
recyclable
renewable
reusable
Minerals are identified and sorted by different characteristics. Luster is one way to sort minerals into different types. What is a mineral's luster?
The way light reflects from its surface
The mineral's elements and their arrangement.
The colour it produces when rubbed on a tile.
The way it breaks when you strike it with a wedge.
