Chapter 1 & 2

What are the 2 main categories of rock and mineral extraction?

• Seabed mining

• Surface mining

• Subsurface mining

• Drilling

___ is rock that is rich in minerals

Which method of mining is cheaper?

• Surface mining

• Subsurface mining

Which method of mining is safer?

• Surface mining

• Subsurface mining

Which rock/mineral deposit is most likely to be mined?

• rock/mineral found in faulted or folded rocks

• rock/mineral scattered over a large area

• rock/mineral in unbroken, thick layers

• rock/mineral located in isolated, harsh climate

(more than 1 correct answer) Price of a mineral goes DOWN when...

• New deposits are found

• Supply exceeds demand

• Demand exceeds supply

• The mineral is extremely rare

What are mining tailings?

• Valuable minerals

• Rotting vegetation

• Waste rock leftover after the valuable mineral has been extracted

• Grease from machinery

Which of the following is not true about nuclear power

• Doesn't rely on weather

• Does not emit carbon dioxide

• It is cheap

• No air pollution

Which of the following renewable energy sources CAN be guaranteed? (Doesn't depend on the weather)

• Solar Power

• Tidal Power

• Wind Power

The process of injecting water, sand and chemicals into shale rock to release the gas and oil inside is called:

• Oil extraction

• Fracking

• Mining

• Crude oil