Soils and mining

All minerals contain one or more ____________________________

• Solid

• Chemical

• Element

What is an ore? (pg. 9)

• Mineral in ocean

• Fool's Gold

• a rock that contains a metal or a valuable mineral

What is one way to remove ore from the ground? (pg. 10)

• Trucks

• Mining

• Shovels

Which mining method is most likely to destroy the habitats of wildlife?

• Placer mining

• Strip mining

• Fracking

• Subsurface mining

What type of mining would most likely be used if a resource is found in pockets deep in the ground?

• Strip mining

• Placer mining

• Subsurface mining

• Mountaintop removal

The amount of mining needed to extract aluminum from ore can be reduced if people...

• Recycle

• Use lead instead of aluminum

• Burn less fossil fuels

• Use less plastic

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A mineral that is found in shallow horizontal deposits near the surface is likely to be mined by...

• Open pit mining

• Mountain top removal

• Strip mining

• Placer mining

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Tunnels for extracting and removing coal must be dug in...

• Subsurface mining

• Placer mining

• Mountain top removal

• Strip mining

The first step in mineral processing, which takes place at the mining site, is...

• Smelting the ore.

• Crushing and grinding the ore

• Froth flotation

• Tailing removal

Bedrock forms the foundation of most subsurface support around the world. The soil term for this bedrock is ____________.

• A-Layer soil

• Loam soil

• Soil-Parent material

• Groundwater horizon