Mineral Mining

Removing ore along a seam in a hillside.

• Open Pit Mining

• Fracking

• Mountaintop Removal

• Contour Mining

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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

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

This type of mining does less damage to the environment.

• surface mining

• subsurface mining.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

This type of mining is cheaper and safer for miners.

• surface mining

• subsurface mining.

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

• surface mining

• subsurface mining

Which of the following stages does deep mining or shaft mining involve?

• Clear the vegetation and top soil

• Digging a vertical shaft

• Making a horizontal tunnel following the mineral layer

• Break up rock by the use of explosives.

The working life of a mine can be estimated. Which factors have to be considered?

• Climate

• Size of the mineral deposit

• Rate of extraction

• All

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Mining projects are strongly connected with demand and supply. What do these two terms mean?

• Supply: amount of the resource that is known to exist.

  Demand: amount that people need.

• Supply: amount that people need.

  Demand: amount of the resource that is known to exist.

• Supply: money needed.

  Demand: money available.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What are the three steps that have to be taken when mining rocks and minerals?