2.1 Natural Resources

the process of pumping hot water into the ground to dissolve mines so that they may be brought to the surface.

• Hydraulic Mining

• Solution Mining

• Open-Pit Mining

• Subsurface Mining

existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind.

• Natural

• Artificial

• Synthetic

• Man-made

the protection and wise use of resources so that resources do not run out.

• Sustainability

• Conservation

• Depletion

• Exploitation

the process in which fuels and products are made from crude oil.

• Refining

• Distillation

• Cracking

• Polymerization

a method of surface mining to obtain sand, gravel, and crushed rock that are collected in quarries.

• Mining

• Quarrying

• Excavation

• Dredging

the careful and responsible management of resources so that wastes are not polluting our environment.

• Stewardship

• Negligence

• Exploitation

• Wastefulness

a type of surface mining that involves digging large pits in the ground.

• Open pit mining

• Strip mining

• Mountaintop removal mining

• Placer mining

meaning that a mineral can be drawn out into a thin wire.

• Malleable

• Brittle

• Ductile

• Opaque

a process in which a liquid is poured onto the ore so that minerals may be collected from the liquid solution.

• Leaching

• Smelting

• Crushing

• Concentration

a supply of materials, and other assets that can be used by a person or organization in order to function.

• Resource

• Asset

• Inventory

• Supply Chain