Solution of Chapter 3. Mineral and power Resources (Resources and Development Book)

List the uses of any five minerals.

Name any three common minerals used by you every day.

What is an ore? Where are the ores of metallic minerals generally located?

Name two regions rich in natural gas resources.

Which sources of energy would you suggest for:

a. Rural areas.

b. Coastal areas.

c. Arid regions.

Give five ways in which you can save energy at home.

Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of minerals?

a. They are created by natural processes.

b. They have a definite chemical composition.

c. They are in exhaustible.

d. Their distribution is uneven.

Which one of the following is NOT a producer of mica?

a. Jharkhand

b. Karnataka

c. Rajasthan

d. Andhra Pradesh

Which one of the following is a leading producer of copper in the world?

a. Bolivia

b. Ghana

c. Chile

d. Zimbabwe

Which of the following LPG in your kitchen?

a. Soaking the dal for sometime before cooking it.

b. Cooking food in a pressure cooker.

c. Keeping the vegetables chopped before lighting the gas for cooking.

d. Cooking food in an open pan kept on low flame.

Environmental aspects must be carefully looked into before building huge dams.

Most of the industries are concentrated around coal mines.

Petroleum is referred to as ‘black gold’.

Quarrying can become a major environmental concern.

Conventional and non-conventional sources of energy.

Biogas and natural gas:

Ferrous and non-ferrous minerals:

Metallic and Non-metallic Minerals:

Use pictures from old magazines to show different kinds of fuels used by us in our lives an display them on your bulletin board.

Design a poster highlighting energy conversation tips you would take for your school.

Salman’s class took up an action campaign to do an energy audit of their school by surveying electricity consumption. They prepared survey sheets for the students of the school.

Electricity Audit