MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES IN INDIA
MINERALS
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gasoline & other types of fuel
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plastics, DVDs, and tires
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Energy
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -We use petroleum products to propel vehicles, to heat buildings, and to produce electricity. In the industrial sector, the petrochemical industry uses petroleum as a raw material (a feedstock) to make products such as plastics, polyurethane, solvents, and hundreds of other intermediate and end-user goods.
Detailed explanation-2: -We call crude oil and petroleum fossil fuels because they are mixtures of hydrocarbons that formed from the remains of animals and plants (diatoms) that lived millions of years ago in a marine environment before the existence of dinosaurs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Oil is mostly a plant based product produced using the seeds of various plants. From the above options, oil is extracted from seeds of mustard, groundnut, and soybean.
Detailed explanation-4: -An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated lipids that are liquid at room temperature.