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WorksheetsMining Videos I & II Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following can most directly lead to the formation of minerals?
a)
Sedimentation of silt at the bottom of an inland sea.
b)
The heating, cooling, and crystallization of materials along plate boundaries.
c)
A chemical reaction between gas molecules in the atmosphere.
d)
The cooling of lava after a volcanic eruption.
2.
In which region of the United States are most mineral (hardrock) mines located?
a)
North
b)
East
c)
West
d)
South
3.
Why is your old phone so valuable?
a)
Those duck-lip pics of you at Panera are going to be worth something someday!
b)
The apps can be donated to poor, appless children in developing nations.
c)
Hipster collectors believe that old, slow phones will someday be cool.
d)
There is more gold in a pound of old phones than in a pound of gold ore.
4.
What is a natural resource?
a)
The portion of a reserve that is legally and economically extractable.
b)
Any useful substance with economic value.
c)
Anything that will replenish itself naturally.
d)
A commodity that only has value based on its fungible viability.
5.
Which of the following is an example of a renewable resource?
a)
Oil
b)
Coal
c)
Iron
d)
Trees
6.
What is a reserve?
a)
The portion of a resource that is legally and economically extractable.
b)
Any useful substance with economic value.
c)
Resources that we have mined, refined, and are holding off on use.
d)
The non-renewable portion of a resource supply.
7.
What happens to the amount of a resource in reserve as the market price of the resource decreases?
a)
The amount in reserve increases.
b)
The amount in reserve decreases.
c)
Price does not influence the amount in reserve.
d)
The amount in reserve should increase, but often decreases due to globalization.
8.
Which of the following was not an intent of the General Mining Law of 1872?
a)
Clean up abandoned mines after the California Gold Rush.
b)
Bar the federal government from collecting royalties from minerals mined on federal lands.
c)
Exploit the mineral resources of the American west.
d)
Encourage settlement of the American west.
9.
Under the 1872 Mining Law, at what price did the U.S. government lease land to prospective miners?
a)
$5 per acre
b)
$50 per acre
c)
$500 per acre
d)
$5,000 per acre
10.
All of the following are characteristics of minerals except...
a)
Mixture
b)
Inorganic
c)
Solid
d)
Crystalline
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