Resources From The Earth Flashcards
Name some natural resources
Iron ore, copper, lead, zinc
Gold silver diamonds
Stone sand gravel
Uranium oil gas coal
What provide us with a lot of resources that can be extracted or mined
Rocks
What is recovered by quarrying or mining
Minerals
What is drilling used to extract
Oil and gas from underground reservoir
When is open cast mining used
When the resource is close to the surface
When is shaft mining used
When the resource is deep beneath the earths surface
Name some of the economic benefits to the discovery of natural resources underground.
It supplies direct employment
It is a native source of energy and it cuts down energy imports
It is used as a raw material for the artificial fertiliser industry.
When is offshore drilling used
When natural gas is found under the seabed.
Give an example of a gas field in Ireland
Kinsale Head Gas Field
