Mining
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Mining
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List one natural resource that can be mined
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Ores: Groups of minerals that are mined so metal or metals can be removed
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Ores are ________
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Nonmetallic minerals: Minerals, including gemstones, that as a whole have valuable properties
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Nonmetallic minerals include____
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Fuels: substances that can be used to generate energy
Ex. Petroleum, Coal and natural gas
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List one example of a fossil fuel.
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Groundwater
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is it possible for mining to be harmful to the environment?
Why?
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How many of the steps of the mining process produce waste?
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Strip mining
Occurs in shallow horizontal deposits near the surface. During strip mining layers of surface soil and rock are removed to expose the resource.
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Subsurface mining
is the extraction of minerals and ores from underground.
Subsurface mining is the removal of deposits from the earth by drilling underneath layers of rock and dirt.
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The extraction of minerals and ores from underground is called ______
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Open pit mining
Extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow.
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Mountaintop removal
a form of extracting coal in which companies use heavy explosives to blast off hundreds of feet from an ancient mountain ridge to access thin seams of coal below.
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Extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow is called______
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Undersea mining
is the process of retrieving mineral deposits from the deep sea
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List some mining impacts on human health
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List some mining impacts on the environment
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Think of some consequences of mining on the environment and on society and list it here
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