CBSE Class 8 Geography Chapter 3 - Mineral and Power Resources

Brief Information: Since India has a varied geological structure, the country is enriched with a rich variety of mineral resources. A naturally occurring substance with a definite chemical composition is called a Mineral. The mineral is not evenly distributed over space but is scattered throughout the earth’s rocky crust. There are above three thousand different minerals. Minerals are classified mainly as metallic or non-metallic minerals, on the basis of the composition

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Topics Covered:

• Introduction to Mineral and Power resources
• Types of Minerals and Extraction of Minerals
• Distribution of Minerals
  
• Conservation of Minerals
• Power Resources and its types
• Petroleum, Natural Gas and Hydel Power
• Non- Conventional Sources of Energy