Mining and Mineral Resources

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

• Strip Mining

• Contour Mining

• Mountaintop Removal

• Open Pit Mining

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

This form of mining uses tunnels and shafts to bring ore to the surface.

• surface mining

• subsurface mining

Removing ore along a seam in a hillside.

• Open Pit Mining

• Fracking

• Mountaintop Removal

• Contour Mining

Tags

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

This type of mining does less damage to the environment.

• surface mining

• subsurface mining.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

The controversial method for getting natural gas in rock deep underground is called...

• fracking.

• rigging.

• contouring.

• derricks.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

This type of mining is cheaper and safer for miners.

• surface mining

• subsurface mining.

Whether or not something is mined is determined by its monetary value.

• True

• False

Drilling and pumping to reach fluid resources stored underground.

• Open Pit Mining

• Oil Derricks

• Mountaintop Removal

• Contour Mining

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1