Land Use and Mining (Q3W5)

What are the two ways we extract minerals?

• Digging holes in our backyard

• Using a metal detector

• Playing in a sandbox

• Surface & Subsurface mining

Minerals that are mined from the Earth are considered _________.

• renewable resources

• non-renewable resources

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which of the following is NOT a risk of mountaintop removal?

• dust/air pollution
• acid mine drainage
• boulders in houses
• men getting stuck in a mine

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Deep deposits of minerals being removed from underground though tunnels and shafts is the definition of: 

• Strip Mining 
• Mountaintop Removal 
• Subsurface Mining 
• Surface Mining 

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When machines dig very deep large holes with machines is the definition of: 

• Open Pit Mining 
• Strip Mining 
• Surface Mining 
• Subsurface Mining

Mineral deposits being removed from near the surface is the definition of:

• Subsurface mining 
• Open Pit Mining 
• Strip Mining 
• Surface Mining 

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Deposits of minerals from which metals and nonmetals can be removed profitably.

• Ore
• Conduction
• Placer Deposits
• Wire

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Which of the following is NOT environmental impacts of mining?

• Destroys natural communities over large areas.
• Acid drainage pollutes groundwater.
• Creates minimal dust.
• Mass wasting is common when overburden is loosened.

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 Which type of mining is associated with disturbing more land?

• Surface mining 
• Sub-surface mining
• Mining in the oceans

Which legislation mandates that land should be minimally disturbed during the mining process and reclaimed after mining is complete?

• Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
• General Mining Act of 1922
• General Mining Law of 1872