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Flashcards by PAULA ELENA SLIM TECUANHUEY, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by PAULA ELENA SLIM TECUANHUEY
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Mention the types of minerals. | Metallic, non-metallic and hydrocarbons |
| When were hte minerals formed? | They were formed millions of years ago and have remained in the Earth's crust |
| What type of minerals can we find in the Great Mountain Ranges? | Copper, aluminium, led, sulfur, sodium, sulfate, sand, etc. |
| Where can we find hydrocarbons like oil and gas? | In the depressions or flat regions that allowed sedimentary processes mainly of marine origin |
| Mention the Countries with larger metallic and non-metallic production? | United States, Canada, Russia, China, Chile, Zambia, Australia and South Africa |
| What kind of energy is generated when radiactive materials like uranium, cesium and plutonium are used? | Nuclear Energy |
| What places are the major producers of radioactive minerals? | North Korea, Niger, South Africa and Australia |
| In Mexico, where can we find metallic and non-metallic minerals? | Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre del Sur |
| In Mexico, where can we find hydrocarbons? | Coastal plains of the Gulf, Southeast and a part of Yucatan's platform, and the North of Chiapas |
| Mexico has the second place worldwide production of... | Silver, bismuth, cadmium and fluorite |
| Other minerals produced in Mexico are... | Arsenic, led, cadmium, antimony and zinc |
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