Minerals and Mining

Question 1

Which of the following methods of extraction is the most damaging to the environment?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

surface mining

Question 2

Reclamation restores an environment affected by mining to a state where it can sustain its ecosystem.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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Question 3

What is the most likely consequence of open pit mining on plant life?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the complete loss of plant life in the area occupied by the surface mine

Question 4

What is most likely to happen to an abandoned strip mine over time?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The strip is likely to partly recover, but never return to its original state.

Question 5

Which type of mining is likely the least harmful to the environment?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

subsurface mining

Question 6

Which of the following is a way that minerals are used?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 7

Why does mining have such an impact on the environment?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Because minerals are within the Earth’s surface, extraction causes destruction.

Question 8

What are the two types of minerals?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

metallic and nonmetallic

Question 9

Minerals are mined both at the Earth’s surface and below it.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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Question 10

Which of the following is not a long-term effect of mining in the Picher Mining District?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

increased amounts of vegetation

Minerals and Mining Answers