This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Geography > Resources > Mineral And Energy Resources – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Mineral And Energy Resources Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Inexhaustible energy resource that is used to power the Hubble Space Telescope A) Solar energy. B) Biomass energy. C) Hydroelectric energy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar energy. 2. What is biodegradable? A) Ants. B) Plastic rain. C) Acid rain. D) Something capable of decomposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Something capable of decomposition. 3. Economically Depleted A) Removing chunks of overburden terraces or strips are cut into the side of a hill or mountain in order to lessen the likelihood of erosion or sudden mass wasting events. B) Structure built on a river that restricts the flow of water up until that point. Used for forming reservoirs for irrigation, drinking, manufacturing, creation of electrical energy, etc. C) A reserve that is being depleted to the point where it could be more expensive to extract and refine it than it can be sold for. D) Hydrocarbons that have been formed from the organic remains of prehistoric plants and animals and can be used as a source of energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A reserve that is being depleted to the point where it could be more expensive to extract and refine it than it can be sold for. 4. Method of natural gas extraction also known as "fracking." A) Geothermal Energy. B) Hazardous Waste. C) Hydraulic Fracturing. D) Hydroelectric Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydraulic Fracturing. 5. Created from turbines that are spun by the mechanical energy of flowing water. A) Geothermal Energy. B) Hazardous Waste. C) Hydraulic Fracturing. D) Hydroelectric Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydroelectric Power. 6. Any discarded substance that poses a potential risk to the health of humans or other organisms. A) Geothermal Energy. B) Hazardous Waste. C) Hydraulic Fracturing. D) Hydroelectric Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hazardous Waste. 7. Mountaintop Removal A) Composed primarily of methane (CH4). Formed from plants and animals that were buried deep within the ocean floor. B) Resources that cannot be replaced. C) An inorganic compound or element that has a regular crystalline structure. D) Mining where explosives or heavy machinery are used to literally remove the top of a mountain in order to obtain valuable mineral resources within that mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mining where explosives or heavy machinery are used to literally remove the top of a mountain in order to obtain valuable mineral resources within that mountain. 8. Stored in the earth's mantle that can be used to produce electricity as well as to heat and cool homes. A) Geothermal Energy. B) Hazardous Waste. C) Hydraulic Fracturing. D) Hydroelectric Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geothermal Energy. 9. Reclamation A) Windmill. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Hazardous waste. D) Cultivation of claiming something back. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cultivation of claiming something back. 10. Manikaran (Himachal Pradesh) is popular for production of A) Solar Energy. B) Wind Energy. C) Geothermal Energy. D) Tidal Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geothermal Energy. 11. Which is the first step in coal formation? A) Peat. B) Lignite. C) Bituminous coal. D) Anthracite coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peat. 12. Nuclear energy is released during? A) Prom. B) Nuclear fission. C) Chemical solvents. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuclear fission. 13. What is the waste material that must be separated from an ore? A) Smelter. B) Gangue. C) Mineral resource. D) Petroleum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gangue. 14. What is landfill trash A) School lunch. B) Disposal of waste by burial. C) Car. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disposal of waste by burial. 15. How can reclamation affect land? A) Boat. B) Eggs. C) Cultivation of waste under water. D) Carbon monoxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cultivation of waste under water. 16. Which has the highest content of carbon? A) Peat. B) Lignite. C) Bituminous coal. D) Anthracite coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anthracite coal. 17. In which of the following places establishment of the Atomic Energy Institute took place in 1954 A) Kalpakkam. B) Trombay. C) Narora. D) Tarapur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trombay. 18. Energy resource that is based on fission A) Nuclear energy. B) Geothermal energy. C) Biomass energy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nuclear energy. 19. Method of conservation in which items are processed to be used again A) Recycling. B) Reserve. C) Biomass energy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recycling. 20. By what other name organic fuel is reffered A) Metallic. B) Non-metallic. C) Non-ferrous. D) Mineral fuel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mineral fuel. Next →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesMineral And Energy Resources Quiz 2Mineral And Energy Resources Quiz 3Mineral And Energy Resources Quiz 4Mineral And Energy Resources Quiz 5Mineral And Energy Resources Quiz 6Mineral And Energy Resources In India QuizMinerals QuizNatural Resources Of India Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books