This document discusses the distribution and consumption of minerals. It explains that mineral distribution shows where mineral deposits are located, and that they are not evenly distributed across regions. Consumption of minerals also varies between areas, with wealthier developed nations consuming more due to greater technological usage, while poorer developing nations consume less and often export minerals.

1. DISTRIBUTION AND
DISTRIBUTION AND
CONSUMPTION OF
CONSUMPTION OF
MINERALS
MINERALS

2. • Minerals are inorganic
substances with certain
properties and
characteristics.

3. • DISTRIBUTION
OF MINERALS

4. DISTRIBUTION OF MINERALS
• Distribution of Minerals shows
how much mineral deposits
are present in a certain area.

5. • MINERALS ARE
NOT VERY
EVENLY
DISTRIBUTED.

6. • Most minerals are found
aggregating in places where
the conditions are just right for
them to form. Some areas
have far more minerals while
the others just have a high
concentration fossil fuels.

8. CONTOUR STRIP MINING
• Contour strip mining is a
method of surface mining in
which bulldozers, power
shovels, stripping wheels and
other Earth-moving
equipments to remove large
chunks of soil in order to
extract coal from its seam or a
series of seams.

9. • CONSUMPTION
OF MINERALS

10. Consumption of Minerals
• Consumption of Minerals
shows how much mineral per
capita consumption is
consumed by each person in a
certain area.

11. • Consumption of minerals
depends on the. . .
• WEALTH
• DEVELOPMENT

12. • Developing countries consume
fewer minerals because they tend
to be poorer than the developed
countries. Developing nations
cannot afford their share of the
minerals on Earth, but are often
the suppliers of minerals that are
being exported to richer nations.

13. • Developed nations consume
more minerals because the
people in this areas sustain
their lives with technological
advances.