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Students identify ores, extraction methods, water-resource changes, resource maps, and reserves.
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25 questions
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A refinery receives bauxite ore and processes it into alumina before metal production. Which metal is ultimately refined from this ore?
A processing plant buys hematite ore for its metal content. Which metal does hematite supply?
A mine ships chalcopyrite concentrate to a smelter. Which metal is the main product refined from chalcopyrite?
Galena is separated from crushed ore at a mill. Which metal is refined from galena?
Ore from a sulfide vein contains abundant sphalerite. Which metal is the main product refined from sphalerite ore?
A pegmatite mine produces spodumene crystals. Which metal is refined from spodumene?
The pictured site has broad benches descending into a deep, widening pit with haul trucks on the ramps. Which extraction method is shown?
The pictured site has a headframe, hoist cables, and ore cars moving rock up from below the surface. Which extraction method is shown?
The pictured operation washes loose stream gravel through sluice boxes to concentrate heavy mineral grains. Which extraction method is shown?
The pictured site pumps water underground, brings mineral-rich brine back up, and evaporates it in ponds. Which extraction method is shown?
The pictured coal site removes overburden in a long trench to expose a shallow, nearly horizontal seam. Which extraction method is shown?
The monitoring-well graph shows water-table elevation through time. What condition best explains the long-term trend?
Use the aquifer budget table. Which basin is losing stored groundwater?
In the monitoring-well graph, depth to water is measured downward from land surface. What happened to the water table during the wet months?
The two-panel figure compares the wells before and after a deep well is turned on near a shallow well. What happens if the cone of depression reaches the shallow well?
The recharge graph compares land covers after the same storm. Which land cover sends the least water back to the aquifer?
The graph shows land-surface elevation near heavily pumped wells. Which process best explains the downward change?
On the map, the point in northern Minnesota marks the Mesabi Range mining district. Which resource is mined there?
The map marks the Carlin area in northern Nevada. Which resource is the mapped mining district famous for producing?
The map marks the Powder River Basin in northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana. Which energy resource is concentrated there?
The map marks the Marcellus area in the Appalachian Basin. Which energy resource is the mapped shale best known for producing?
A geologist finds a copper deposit, but its ore grade is too low to mine at a profit with current technology. How should it be classified?
A new leaching method and a higher metal price make a previously unprofitable nickel deposit profitable to mine. What classification change can result?
A high-grade ore body lies inside a legally protected drinking-water watershed where mining is not allowed. How is it best classified under current rules?
A report lists mineral reserves and a larger category called identified resources. Why is it wrong to treat reserves as all the minerals left?
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