GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

What element is added to change the color of fireworks to blue?

• calcium

• sodium

• copper

• gold

A machine used in coal mining. It is also considered as the largest land vehicle known to man.

• shearer

• bucket wheel excavator

• dump truck

• jumbo drill

How many regions are there in the Philippines? (Philippine Standard Geographic Code)

• 20

• 15

• 17

• 19

Who is the president that signed the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 into law?

• Fidel Ramos

• Corazon Aquino

• Joseph Estrada

• Rodrigo Duterte

The father of plate tectonics who proposed the Continental Drift Theory.

• Nicolas Steno

• Charles Lyell

• Georges Cuvier

• Alfred Wegener

What is the most common mineral in the Earth's crust?

• feldspar

• quartz

• mica

• pyroxene

Which is not a resource estimation method?

• inverse distance

• indicator kriging

• ordinary kriging

• linear regression

Which of the following is not affected when soil is removed from a surface mine?

• PLANT LIFE

• SOIL NUTRIENTS

• ANIMAL HABITAT

• DEEP COAL SEAM

What do hot, subsurface waters contain when they are identified as hydrothermal solutions?

• CHUNKY MINERALS

• DISSOLVED MINERALS

• GANGUE MINERALS

• ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Sulfur can be released by burning coal but due to modern technology referred to as scrubbers created as a result of the development of the clean air act, sulfur has been decreased in the release.

• TRUE

• FALSE