returning the land back to its original condition after mining

a process that causes significant environmental damage.

required for every country and every type of mine in the world.

Which of the following is NOT environmental impacts of mining?

Destroys natural communities over large areas.

Acid drainage pollutes groundwater.

Mass wasting is common when overburden is loosened.

Acid mine drainage is the result of

toxins in tailings leaching into the soil

ash and air debris creating acid rain

boulders and debris blocking the flow of rivers/streams

minerals from mining being left behind creating pollution

Smelting is when the mineral being mined is

heated or reacted with chemicals

Which of the following methods could be used to reduce erosion in strip minning of coal?

Replant vegetation after mining.

Increase use of open pit mining instead

Increase water use for mining purpose

The three largest users of coal are;

China, The United States, and India.

China, The United States, and Mexico.

Russia, The United States, and Mexico.

Saudi Arabia, Japan, and China.

Coal has a huge environmental impact because of;

The release of carbon, which contributes to global climate change.

The threat to human health due to air pollutants released when coal burns.

The fact that it is the most abundant fossil fuel.

Its high cost, mostly to cover the transportation of coal to electric power plants.

The use of new technology that makes coal safer and cleaner to remove from the earth and to transport to homes and industry.

fuels that form from the remains of plant and other organisms that were buried and altered over million of years

pieces of rock that have been compacted many times

rock that contains 50% plant and animal remains

Fossil Fuels (choose ALL that apply)

considered nonrenewable resources

cause pollution in the atmosphere

The four factors that contribute to the formation of fossil fuels are

organic matter, temperature, time and temperature conditions

energy, sunlight, food and water

plastic, medicine, cosmetics and jewelry

How is electricity generated in a coal-fired power plant?

The heat generated from burning coal turns water into steam, which turns a turbine, thus running the electric generator.

The coal is burned, which heats the air. The hot air rises and turns the electric generator�s turbine.

The turbine breaks down the coal into a liquid fuel that powers the electric generator, thus producing an electric current.

organic remains get trapped in nonporous rock and merge into large bodies of complex, energy-rich carbon molecules.

The US Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act requires mining companies

get special permits before mining in state parks

leave surface mines as open pits to prevent acid drainage

Restore areas that have been actively surface mined

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The time it takes to use a certain fraction, usually 80%, of the known or estimated supply of a nonrenewable resource

country time

depletion time

reduction time

exclusion time

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Part of a metal-yielding material that can be economically and legally extracted at a given time

geology

mineral

lithosphere

ore

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Layer of soil and rock overlying a mineral deposit

underburden

overburden

lithosphere

asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Process in which a desired metal is separated from the other elements

high-grade ore

spoils

ore

smelting

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Extraction of a metal ore or fuel resource such as coal from a deep underground deposit

open-pit mining

contour strip mining

surface mining

subsurface mining

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Tailings are

minerals found in metamorphic rock

magma ore resulting from seafloor spreading

the remaining supply of metals on Earth

the waste material from mining

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Which type of mining is usually most directly harmful to miners?

sub-surface mining

open pit mining

placer mining

strip mining

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Coal and Mining Quiz

The time it takes to use a certain fraction, usually 80%, of the known or estimated supply of a nonrenewable resource

Part of a metal-yielding material that can be economically and legally extracted at a given time

Layer of soil and rock overlying a mineral deposit

Process in which a desired metal is separated from the other elements

Extraction of a metal ore or fuel resource such as coal from a deep underground deposit

Tailings are

Which type of mining is usually most directly harmful to miners?

Reclamation is.....

Acid mine drainage causes

Acid mine drainage is cause by which element?

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