Mineral Resources and Mining

Acid mine drainage is cause by which element?

• carbon
• sulfur
• nitrogen
• boron

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Which type of mining is associated with disturbing more land?

• Surface mining

• Subsurface mining

• Ocean mining

• Placer mining

Acid mine drainage causes

• air pollution
• water pollution 
• subsidence
• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

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

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Used to separate solid ore from a mixture of liquid chemicals

• Froth Flotation

• Smelting

• Fracturing

• Solution Mining

What is the name of solid waste that was produced during mining?

• Tailings
• Rocks 
• Minerals 
• Deposits

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The molten material deep inside Earth from which igneous rocks form is called ______ .

• magma

• lava

• neither a nor b

• both a and b

Sedimentary rocks are _______ .

• formed from magma

• a type of foliated igneous rock

• formed because of changes in temperature and pressure, or the presence of hot watery fluids

• formed when loose materials become pressed or cemented together or when minerals form from solutions

Sedimentary rocks are changed to sediments by ________ .

• compaction

• weathering and erosion

• cementation

• heat and pressure

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When does metamorphism occur?

• when rocks are subjected to wind and rain

• when sediment is laid down by water that is moving too slowly to carry it any longer

• when rocks are subject to high temperatures and pressure

• when lava cools and crystalizes