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