Minerals and Mining Quiz

Which minerals would be mined in the proposed Alaska mine from the documentary we watched? Check all that would be true.

• Copper

• Molybdenum

• Silver nitrate

• Gold

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

True or False: The proposed mine in Alaska would provide many jobs.

• True

• False

The term for repairing the land after mining is ____________.

• Redemption

• Reparation

• Reclamation

• Repair

True or False: Mining is only done when it is profitable.

• True

• False

Which type of mining is safer for the miners?

• Surface mining

• Subsurface mining

Which type of mining is cheaper?

• Surface mining

• Subsurface mining

Which type of mining has less impact on the environment?

• Surface mining

• Subsurface mining

What fraction of Iowa's abandoned mines have been recovered/reclaimed?

• 50%

• 1/3

• 90%

• 1/4

Which step happens before the actual mining of mineral?

• Extractions

• Closure

• Exploration

What determines the method of mining used?

• The material being mined

• The location of the material

• The profitability of the material

• All of these