Looking at the impact of metal extraction

Looking at the impact of metal extraction

Multiple Choice

Which is the most reactive element in this list?

• sodium

• silver

• carbon

• copper

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are not extracted using carbon?

• iron

• zinc

• copper

• aluminium

Multiple Choice

Rubidium is more reactive than sodium.

Which of the following correctly shows the word equation between rubidium and sodium chloride?

• rubidium chloride + sodium --> sodium chloride + rubidium

• rubidium + sodium chloride --> rubidium chloride + sodium

• sodium + rubidium ->sodium chloride + rubidium

• sodium chloride + rubidium --> sodium chloride + rubidium

Describe the environmental impacts of metal extraction

Open Ended

Research an area in which mining was done. State some of the environmental impacts of metal extraction (10 mins)

Utah open pit copper mine

Leaching of toxic materials into soil, rivers and lakes

Harms aquatic and terrestrial life.

Store leachates in specially lined pools

Carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide

CO2- greenhouse gas

SO2- acid rain

Reclamation

-planting trees

-lake

The Crooked House, the result of 19th-century mining subsidence in Staffordshire, England

Subsidence is the sudden sinking or gradual downward settling of the ground's surface with little or no horizontal motion. 

Open Ended

What are some of the environmental impact of mining?