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Double Jeopardy
A Review Game for Unit 4
February 8, 2016
Double Jeopardy
Minerals
Mining
Land
Reclamation
Conservation
Hazardous
Waste
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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 nonmetallic 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?