Dr. Furniss Week: Mining & AMD (18)

Question 1

Benefits to mining? (2)

Answer 1

• Jobs/Employment.
• Resources for modern building.

Question 2

What does environmental degradation encompass? (3)

Answer 2

• Depletion.
• Organism’s health.
• Eutrophication.

Question 3

Main cause of environmental degradation?

Answer 3

Mining.

Question 4

Mining types/approaches? (4)

Answer 4

• Business/Corporate.
• Artisanal.
• Underground.
• Opencast/Surface mining.

Question 5

Impacts of mining? (5)

Answer 5

• Ecosystem destruction.
• Ores with sulphur in them.
• Acidification/ Cyanidation.
• AMD.

Question 6

Energy flow via mine landscapes?

Answer 6

= Contaminants from mining move with flow of energy via gravity, water, wind, machines or animals.

Question 7

Energy flows via? (5)

Answer 7

• Water (major).
• Gravity.
• Wind.
• Machine.
• Animals.

Question 8

Rehabilitation of mining? (2)

Answer 8

• Water treatment.
• Phyto-remediation.

Question 9

Water treatment types? (2)

Answer 9

• Active.
• Passive.

Question 10

Pros of phytoremediation? (2)

Answer 10

• Cheap/Affordable.
• Less management.

Question 11

Limits of phytoremediation? (2)

Answer 11

• Extreme pHs.
• Fire.