Mining

If the coal seam is near the surface in the mountains, what might be your options for extracting it?

• mountain top removal and contour strip
• shaft, longwall
• dredging and contour strip
• quarry (open pit) and contour strip

The slurry of waste created by smelting is called

• spoil
• tailings
• gangue
• overburden

Are fossil fuels renewable resources or non-renewable resources? 

• Renewable
• Non-Renewable

What is the definition of a Mineral?

• inorganic substance
• Solid that has a particular chemical formula
• Hard rock
• Answer 1 or 2

What the name of a rock with a lot of minerals?

• Ore
• Zinc
• Cobalt
• Platinum

What is the first step in surface coal mining?

• take core samples
• remove overburden
• cut the coal for easier removal
• refining coal

Acid mine drainage is cause by which element?

• carbon
• sulfur from overburden and spoil banks
• nitrogen
• boron

Which of these is a type of surface mining?

• room and pillar
• longwall
• solution
• quarrying

What is the term for returning land to its original or better condition after mining?

• reformatting
• restoration
• subsidence
• reclamation

Waste soil and rock removed during surface mining is called

• ganguet
•  spoil 
• tailings
• smelt