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What is a ROCK?
A combination of one or more minerals!
What is a MINERAL?
It's a naturally occurring inorganic substance with a specific chemical composition!
What is a rock made during a volcanic process?
IGNEOUS ROCK.
What is MAGMA?
Molten rock below the Earth's surface.
What is a SOLUTION?
Something formed when a solid is dissolved in a liquid.
What happens when a substance comes out of solution?
It PRECIPITATES.
What is an ION?
It is an atom in which the number of positively charged protons is not equal to the number of negatively charged electrons!
What is a rock formed from many, many layers of other things — like dead plants, dead animals and other rocks?
SEDIMENTARY ROCK.
What is a rock formed from existing rocks by a combination of heat and pressure?
METAMORPHIC ROCK.
What is THE ROCK CYCLE?
It's a representation of the changes between the three rock types and the processes causing them.
What is the process called where rocks are moved to the surface of the Earth through the planet's natural movements?
UPLIFT.
What is a type of rock with enough important elements to make it worth mining?
ORE.
What is the process of searching for minerals called?
PROSPECTING.
What is REMOTE SENSING?
A process in which information is gathered about the Earth's surface from above!
What are the chemical properties of rocks called?
GEOCHEMICALS.
What is the Earth's core made from?
NICKEL and IRON.
What element makes up the largest percentage of the Earth's crust?
OXYGEN.
When the Earth's surface is weathered, they can be detected by satellites through their unique radiation pattern. What are they?
MINERAL OXIDES.
What is a word used when talking about the physical properties of rocks?
GEOPHYSICAL.
What is SURFACE MINING?
It's a type of mining used when minerals are either exposed on the surface or overlain by only small amounts of overburden.
What is OVERBURDEN?
It's the rock and soil overlying an economically viable mineral deposit!
Is OPEN-PIT MINING a type of surface mining, or sub-surface mining?
It's a type of SURFACE MINING.
Is STRIP MINING a type of surface mining, or sub-surface mining?
It's a type of SURFACE MINING.
What is SUB-SURFACE MINING?
It's a type of mining used when minerals are covered by deep layers of unwanted rock.
Is DEEP MINING a type of surface mining, or sub-surface mining?
It's a type of SUB-SURFACE MINING.
Is SHAFT MINING a type of surface mining, or sub-surface mining?
It's a type of SUB-SURFACE MINING.
What is the entrance to a horizontal mine called?
It's called an ADIT.
There is a name used when describing the chances of finding a desired mineral. What is it?
It's the STRIKE RATE.
What is SUPPLY AND DEMAND?
It's the relationship between how much of a commodity is available and how much is needed or wanted by consumers of the product.
What is an ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT?
It's a process by which the probable effects on the environment of a development are assessed and measured!
What is BIOMAGNIFICATION?
It's the process in which the concentration of a substance in living things becomes higher at progressively higher levels in a food chain or web.
What is BIOREMEDIATION?
It's a process in which living things are used to remove toxic chemicals from a natural site!
