Mining and Earth Systems

Area where earth's lithospheric plates are pushed together

• divergent plate boundary
• transform plate boundary
• convergent plate boundary
• earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Type of surface mining that uses explosives, massive shovels, and even larger machinery called drag lines to expose seams of coal underneath

• mountaintop removal
• area strip mining
• contour strip mining
• open-pit mining

Part of a metal-yielding material that can be economically and legally extracted at a given time

• geology
• mineral
• lithosphere
• ore

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

Layer of soil and rock overlying a mineral deposit

• underburden
• overburden
• lithosphere
• asthenosphere

Process in which a desired metal is separated from the other elements

• high-grade ore
• spoils
• ore
• smelting

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Extraction of a metal ore or fuel resource such as coal from a deep underground deposit

• open-pit mining
• contour strip mining
• surface mining
• subsurface mining

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

The Hawaiian Islands were formed

• at a divergent plate boundary
• at a hot spot
• at a convergent plate boundary
• at a transform fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Tailings are

• minerals found in metamorphic rock
• magma ore resulting from seafloor spreading
• the remaining supply of metals on Earth
• the waste material from mining

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

Which type of mining is usually most directly harmful to miners?

• sub-surface mining
• open pit mining
• placer mining
• strip mining

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.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3