Mineral Resources and Mining

a naturally occurring solid material from which a metal or valuable mineral can be profitably extracted.

• Minerals

• Ore

• Oil

• Water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

When ore is removed in layers by removing the soil that is on top.

• Open Pit Mining

• Oil Derricks

• Strip Mining

• Fracking

Mining that is done above ground is called...

• surface mining.

• subsurface mining.

Mining that is done below ground is called...

• surface mining.

• subsurface mining.

This type of mining involves moving HUGE amounts of Earth to access ore.

• surface mining

• subsurface mining

When ore is extracted from near the surface by digging deep into the ground.

• Strip Mining

• Contour Mining

• Mountaintop Removal

• Open Pit Mining

This form of mining uses tunnels and shafts to bring ore to the surface.

• surface mining

• subsurface mining

Removing ore along a seam in a hillside.

• Open Pit Mining

• Fracking

• Mountaintop Removal

• Contour Mining

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A natural resource that can only be replaced only through geological, physical, and chemical processes that take millions of years.

• Renewable Resource

• Nonrenewable Resource

Removing a mountaintop to reach the ore that lays underneath.

• Open Pit Mining

• Fracking

• Mountaintop Removal

• Contour Mining

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4