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Mineral Resources and Their Uses for high school Environmental Science, on-level and AP. Covers AP Environmental Science Unit 5: Land and Water Use.
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Which mineral commodity is widely used for electrical wires and cables because it conducts electricity well?
An aluminum-can manufacturer needs the ore that is the main source of aluminum. Which resource should it obtain?
Fertilizer companies mine large sedimentary deposits in Florida and Morocco to supply one of the three main crop nutrients. Which resource are they mining?
A builder orders drywall for new homes. Which mineral resource is the main material in that product?
A manufacturer needs a mineral raw material for glass and fiber-optic products. Which resource best matches that use?
The dark core in a traditional pencil is made primarily from which mineral resource?
A factory needs hard mineral grains for the abrasive surface of sandpaper. Which mineral resource is commonly used?
A cement plant heats the main mineral in limestone to make cement. Which mineral resource is it?
A steel mill needs the mined raw material that is smelted to make the main metal in steel. What is it?
Geologists know a copper deposit exists, but it cannot be mined profitably at current prices. How should the deposit be classified?
A mapped deposit has known location, grade, and quantity, and it can be extracted economically and legally today. What is it called?
A region contains 900 million metric tons of identified copper resource, but only 250 million metric tons can be mined profitably and legally now. Which statement is correct?
Drilling confirms a zinc deposit's location and amount, but current costs make extraction unprofitable. Which classification fits it?
Geologists infer that lithium may occur in an area from regional geology, but no deposit has been found. What is this called?
Why is it incorrect to call every known ton of copper in Earth's crust a reserve?
A permitted mine can use current equipment, and the market price of its metal doubles. What is the likely effect on its reserve figure?
A new processing method greatly lowers the cost of extracting metal from a low-grade deposit. What may happen to that deposit?
A new law prohibits mining in a particular habitat, even though a profitable ore deposit lies beneath it. How can the law affect the deposit's classification?
Two copper deposits have the same mining costs and market price, but Deposit A has a much higher ore grade. Which conclusion is most likely?
Additional drilling shows that a known nickel deposit is larger than earlier estimates. What can this new evidence directly change?
Why are mineral ores classified as nonrenewable resources?
A class compares copper ore, a managed forest, wind, and sunlight as sources of materials or energy. Which is nonrenewable?
A recycling center recovers aluminum from used cans. Why does this not make aluminum a renewable resource?
Most of the lithium mined today goes into which product?
A manufacturer switches from newly mined copper to recycled copper. What is the most direct effect on copper resources?
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Mining Impacts and Reclamation
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