Metallurgy, chemicals, engineering and light industry
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
In an atlas find iron ore and coal deposits and big steel centres; write the location factor for two of them.
For example Japan’s steel plants stand at ports (imported raw materials); China’s Hebei is close to coal and ore.
2
If the world produces 70 million t of aluminium and one country 35 million t, what is its share in percent?
50
3
Read 3 clothing labels, write the producing countries and guess why those countries.
Often China, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Türkiye: cheap labour and a developed textile industry.
4
Name 5 products of the chemical industry and where they are used.
Fertiliser (farming), plastics (packaging), synthetic fibre (clothing), medicines (healthcare), paint (construction).
5
Agree or disagree in 3–4 sentences: “Engineering is the heart of the economy.”
Engineering supplies all sectors with machine tools, vehicles and equipment, so its development sets the level of the whole economy.