Ch 13 Minerals and Mining

How can miners be responsible?

• Leave open-pit mines alone when they're finished taking all the minerals.

• Reclaim, or clean up the land when they're finished taking all the minerals.

• Only mine the valuable minerals.

• Only dig surface mines.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Rocks that are formed when heat and pressure change the crystalline structure of existing rock are called:

• igneous
• sedimentary
• clastic
• metamorphic

Which of the following is a social impact of mining?

• deforestation
• conflict for control of mineral resources
• habitat destruction
• increased erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which mining method is most likely to destroy the habitats of wildlife?

• subsurface mining

• strip mining

• solution mining

• placer mining

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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

• Strip Mining

• Contour Mining

• Mountaintop Removal

• Open Pit Mining

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

Which of the following laws is concerned with activities that take place after mining is complete?

• General Mining Law of 1872.

• Mineral Leasing Act of 1920.

• Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

• Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.

Type of surface mining that uses explosives, massive shovels, and even larger machinery called drag lines to expose seams of coal underneath

• mountaintop removal
• area strip mining
• contour strip mining
• open-pit mining

Reclamation is.....

• not required in the US.
• a process that causes significant environmental damage.
• returning the land back to its original condition after mining
• required for every country and every type of mine in the world.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

A rock formed from lava or magma is classified as

• igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary

Sedimentary rock results from 

• heating
• melting
• erosion
• pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1