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Double Jeopardy A Review Game for Unit 4 February 8, 2016
Double Jeopardy MineralsMining Land Reclamation Conservation Hazardous Waste Compliments of the James Madison Center, JMU
What is the difference between high-grade and low-grade ores?
Which process involves water that is heated deep in Earth’s crust and seeps through fissures dissolving minerals?
What process involves the separation of mineral layers as magma cools?
Which type of rock is formed by intense heat and pressure?
Name two characteristics that metallic minerals possess that non- metallic minerals do not possess.
The soil and rock overlaying a useful mineral deposit is called ___________________.
Name one product added to a smelter in addition to the ore.
What established a moratorium on mineral exploration and development for a minimum of 50 years in Antarctica?
Why are we not mining known deposits of manganese nodules?
What is the name for the process whereby bacteria can collect copper or gold from low-grade ores profitably?
What is the single industry that requires land reclamation after mining and what Act of 1977 made this into law?
This is the process of using bacteria to break hazardous water into relatively harmless components.
This is the use of specific plants to absorb and accumulate toxic materials from the soil.
What is the general term for a site that the federal government will assist in the cleanup or hazardous waste from?
Yes / No to each. Which of the following are environmental impacts of mining? Groundwater depletion Enrichment of local water sources Erosion Acid Mine Drainage Air pollution
The decrease in the weight of products over time is known as ___________________.
Describe the industrial ecosystem of Kalundborg, Denmark.
What is the term for the aspect of waste management in which products are designed and manufactured in ways that reduce the volume and amount of hazardous waste?
Which of the following is recycling most in the US? Least? Paper Glass Aluminum Plastic Tires
Name the three methods to reduce the hazardous waste produced.
Name one benefit and one disadvantage of incinerators.
What was the first large scale chemical national disaster in the US after the formation of the EPA?
Name 5 types of hazardous waste.
What is the synonym for the Superfund Act of 1980 with the acronym CERCLA that was established to clean up abandoned and illegal hazardous waste sites across the US?
What is the largest, most seriously contaminated site in the U.S. nuclear weapons infrastructure?