Unit #7 Geology, mining, air, air poll, climate change
---2(geol p34-44), 23(mining), 17, 18, el nino and ocean acidification ch 16
1. What are the 2 types of plates? Name the three type of plate boundries. In which events are new land created?
2. What causes earthquakes?
3. What environmental impact do volcanoes exert?
4. What is a tsunami and what are some environmental effects?
5. How many people have died in the Congo since 1998? What metal do we need for electronics?
6. About how many pounds of minerals and fuels will you use in your lifetime? What is an ore and what are some of the most common metals extracted?
7. What are some environmental effects of processing minerals and metals? Why are tailings an issue?
8. How do mining companies determine which mining method to use?
9. What is strip mining commonly used for extracting? What its environmental effects?
10. What metals do we obtaining from subsurface mines? How deep is the world’s deepest?
11. List major effects of open pit mines. What type of resources are collected from this method?
12. What do coal operations do with the remaining overburden in mountain top removal? What are some states where this occurs?
13. What are some social disadvantages of mountain top removal?
14. How are minerals mined from the ocean floor? What are some possible negative effects?
15. Explain the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act.
16. What was the primary goal of the Mining act of 1872?
17. How many years of copper do we have in our known reservoirs? What is the US recycling rate for copper? For aluminum?
18. List 5 metals in an iphone.