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Test Description: Mining Review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What are mineral deposits that are large enough to be mined for profit called?
A
surface minerals
B
ore
C
quarries
D
pegmatites
2) Which of the following is NOT a type of surface mine?
A
surface coal mine
B
open pit
C
shaft
D
quarry
3) What must be dug into the Earth to reach deeply buried ore?
A
coal
B
open-pit mines
C
passageways
D
deposits
4) What is one problem that mining may create?
A
reclamation
B
mineral deposits
C
water pollution
D
ore
5) How do we return land used for mining to its original state?
A
by pollution
B
by reclamation
C
by recycling
D
by stripmining
6) What is one way to reduce our need for minerals?
A
subsurface mining
B
recycling
C
surface mining
D
reclamation
7) If a mineral deposit is located deep within the Earth, _________ mining methods are used to mine the deposit.
A
explosives.....awesome
B
jackhammers
C
subsurface
D
surface
8) Metallic minerals are good conductors of _________ and __________.
A
cold and sound
B
hot and cold
C
heat and electricity
D
heat and sound
9) Nonmetallic minerals that are valued for their beauty and rarity rather than their usefulness are called _______________.
A
Max
B
calcite
C
gemstones
D
pretty
10) The groups of minerals that we commonly mine are ________________.
A
silica and calcite
B
gemstones and nonmetallic
C
metal and gems
D
metallic and nonmetallic
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