Lithosphere- Mineral Resources- Name the Resource from the Description

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Environmental Studies Quiz on Lithosphere- Mineral Resources- Name the Resource from the Description, created by OliviaGroom on 22/04/2013.
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Question 1

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Fossil Fuel- Most important uses: fuels, especially liquid fuels for vehicles. Petrochemicals and plastics. Important properties: high energy content, carbon forms very complex molecules.
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  • Coal
  • Crude Oil

Question 2

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Metal- Most important uses: stainless steel. Important properties: forms alloys- makes steel harder and corrosion-resistant.
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  • Aluminium
  • Chromium
  • Copper

Question 3

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Metal- Most important uses: construction- buildings, ships, road vehicles, appliance cases e.g. cookers. Important properties: Malleable, can be moulded or rolled. Strong but high density. Rusts. Forms alloys e.g. stainless steel.
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  • Iron
  • Chromium
  • Aluminium

Question 4

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Non-Metal Mineral- Most important uses: blocks for building road kerbs, kitchen worktops, floor tiles, crushed for road surface chippings. Important uses: hard and resistant to wear.
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  • Granite
  • Gravel
  • China Clay

Question 5

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Fossil fuel- Most important uses: fuel, especially for electricity generation. Coke for iron smelting. Important properties: high energy content.
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  • Coal
  • Natural Gas

Question 6

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Non-Metal Mineral- Most important uses: bricks, roof tiles, pottery. Important properties: waterproof when baked, easily moulded.
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  • Slate
  • Clay
  • China Clay

Question 7

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Non-Metal Mineral- Most important uses: filler in paper, pottery, plastic items, paints, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals. Important properties: very fine-grained, inert, non-toxic.
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  • China Clay
  • Granite
  • Slate

Question 8

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Non-Metal Mineral- Most important uses: concrete. Important properties: coarse-grained filler.
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  • Gravel
  • Limestone
  • China Clay

Question 9

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Metal- Most important uses: packaging, vehicles, constriction- window frames etc. Important properties: malleable, strong with low density, good conductor of heat and electricity, corrosion resistant.
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  • Aluminium
  • Copper
  • Chromium

Question 10

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Non-Metal Mineral- Most important uses: builders' mortar, glass. Important properties: fine-grained inert filler, transparent in thin sheets.
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  • Sand
  • Gravel
  • Clay

Question 11

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Metal- Most important uses: electric cables, water pipes. Important properties: malleable, very good electrical conductor, corrosion-resistant.
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  • Iron
  • Copper
  • Chromium

Question 12

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Non-Metal Minerals- Most important uses: roof slates. Important properties: waterproof, splits to form thin, flat sheets.
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  • Slate
  • Clay
  • Granite

Question 13

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Fossil Fuel- Most important uses: fuel, especially for heating and electricity generation. Important properties: high energy content.
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  • Natural Gas
  • Coal

Question 14

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Non-Metal Mineral- Most important uses: building blocks, crushed for aggregate for road surface chippings and railway track ballast, cement. Important properties: hard, easily cut and crushed, quite resistant to wear. Baked lime (with clay and gypsum) hardens when mixed with water.
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  • Limestone
  • Clay
  • Sand
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