Minerals & Mining

Minerals & Mining

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Multiple Choice

A natural resource that can be replaced by nature in a short period of time.

• Renewable Resource

• Nonrenewable Resource

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A natural resource that can only be replaced only through processes that take millions of years.

• Renewable Resource

• Nonrenewable Resource

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How long does it take for the non-renewable resource, coal, to form?

• Millions of years

• Hundreds of years

• Ten years

• 1 year

​What is mining?

Multiple Choice

A deposit of rock that has a high enough concentration of minerals to be extracted for a profit is called a(n)

• ore

• smelt

• leach

• conservation

Multiple Choice

Whether or not something is mined is determined by its monetary value.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is mining?

• Discovering new caves

• Extracting valuable materials (natural)

• Extracting artificial materials

Multiple Choice

Mining that is done above ground is called...

• surface mining.

• subsurface mining.

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When ore is removed in layers by removing the soil that is on top.

• Open Pit Mining

• Oil Derricks

• Strip Mining

• Fracking

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Removing a mountaintop to reach the ore that lays underneath.

• Open Pit Mining

• Fracking

• Mountaintop Removal

• Contour Mining

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When ore is extracted from near the surface by digging deep into the ground.

• Strip Mining

• Contour Mining

• Mountaintop Removal

• Open Pit Mining

Multiple Choice

Which type of mining occurs when gold is panned from a stream?

• open pit
• placer
• strip
• solution

Multiple Choice

Mining that is done below ground is called...

• surface mining.

• subsurface mining.

Multiple Choice

Deep deposits of minerals being removed from underground though tunnels and shafts is the definition of: 

• Strip Mining 
• Mountaintop Removal 
• Subsurface Mining 
• Surface Mining 

Multiple Choice

Why is undersea mining historically unsuccessful?

• danger

• cost

• Dangerous animals

• Little to no money

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT environmental impacts of mining?

• Destroys natural communities over large areas.

• Acid drainage pollutes groundwater.

• Creates minimal dust.

• Causes erosion

Multiple Choice

Which is a negative of mining?

• Increased chances for erosion

• Obtaining valuable resources

• Getting rich

• Making energy and electricity

Multiple Choice

Which of the one of the following is and effect of land being disturbed by mining?

• Better water quality

• Loss of Habitat for animals

• New habitat for animals

• No negative effects

Multiple Choice

Acid mine drainage is cause by which element?

• carbon

• sulfur

• nitrogen

• boron

Multiple Choice

Acid mine drainage is the result of

• ash and air debris creating acid rain

• boulders and debris blocking the flow of rivers/streams

• Sulfur in tailings leaching into the soil

• minerals from mining being left behind creating pollution

Multiple Choice

Which of the following laws was put into place because in 1977, 273 miners died from mining accidents in the US.

• General Mining Law of 1872.

• Mineral Leasing Act of 1920.

• Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

• Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.

Multiple Choice

Which regulation allowed miners to claim any land, even government owned and mine it

• The Mining Law of 1872

• Mineral Leasing Act of 1920

• Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

Multiple Choice

Which legislation mandates that land should be minimally disturbed during the mining process and reclaimed after mining is complete?

• Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
• General Mining Act of 1922
• General Mining Law of 1872

Reclamation

Multiple Choice

Reclamation is.....

• not required in the US.

• a process that causes significant environmental damage.

• returning the land back to its original condition after mining

• required for every country and every type of mine in the world.