Minerals | Mineral and Power Resources | Geography | Class 8

Minerals and Power Resources Every segment of society uses minerals and mineral resources every day. Minerals are really important because all the rocks around the world is made out of minerals and we use these rocks and minerals in making roads, construction of buildings, cosmetics, jewelry and many, many more things. Modern industrial development depends upon the utilization of these minerals thus Minerals are called 'Vitamins of Industry'. Vitamins and minerals also play an important role in ensuring proper functioning of our body. If you are lacking vitamins and minerals in your body, it will not be able to function the way it should. In this chapter we will study the following concepts: • Importance of Minerals • World's Distribution of Minerals • Power Resources • Conventional & Non Conventional • Sources of Energy AASOKA provides 2D/3D educational videos based on the CBSE curriculum that will help you understand difficult concepts and complicated experiments in a simple, easy-to-understand way. You can check all available videos of this grade and to get more clarity, or for progression of difficulty in different topics of this subject, you can check out the given playlists available on our channel: Class 8 : https://bit.ly/Class8_AllSubjects Visit our website https://aasoka.com/ for more details or download our app Android: https://bit.ly/3nWGDe2 iOS: https://apple.co/3EFsA2f To stay up-to-date with exciting updates about our videos and other content, connect with us on: Facebook: https://bit.ly/3QsdZNP Instagram: https://bit.ly/3GQCMIo Please encourage us by liking our videos. Leave a comment about what we did well and how we can improve. Don't forget to subscribe to our channel to watch more educational videos! 0:00 Introduction 1:00 MINERAL AND POWER RESOURCES 2:33 CHARACTERISTICS OF MINERALS 3:53 CLASSIFICATION OF MINERALS 5:15 EXTRACTION OF MINERALS 5:54 MINING OPERATION 6:53 USES OF MINERALS