CH 11- Geology and Nonrenewable Mineral Resources

A solid of one mineral or a combination of minerals found in Earth's crust

• rock

• tailings

• ore

• reserve

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The combination of Earth's crust and rigid outermost part of the mantle

• core

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• tectonic plate

The supply of a nonrenewable mineral resource that is economically feasible for extraction

• depletion time

• reserve

• spoils

• overburden

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Type of mining in which terraces are cut into the side of a slope

• strip mining

• surface mining

• open-pit mining

• mountaintop removal

The soil and rock removed from a surface mine before minerals are extracted

• tailings

• spoils

• smelting

• overburden

A process in which ores are heated to release metals

• smelting

• materials revolution

• nanotechnology

• open-pit mining

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

One of a group of minerals with unique properties that lend themselves to use in technology products

• sedimentary rock

• rare earth metal

• igneous rock

• ore

The slow movement of continents across Earth's surface

• continental drift

• smelting

• surface mining

• subsurface mining

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The layer of Earth beneath the lithosphere in which convection currents flow

• core

• crust

• asthenosphere

• tectonic plate

Rock that contains a large enough concentration of a particular mineral- often a metal- to make it profitable for mining and processing

• mineral

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• ore

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1