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Introduction (1,2) Flashcards

1
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What is a definition of natural resources

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Natural resources are naturally forming substances that are considered valuable in their relatively unmodified, natural form

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2
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What changes it vales

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The amount and how extractable it is as well as the stock markets

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3
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What determines demand

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Demand is determined by its usefulness and the demand for different reserouces changes through time

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4
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What are the four major Gold rushes

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1) Californian Gold rush
2) Australian Gold rush
3) witwatersrand (South africa)
4) alaskan

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5
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Why is the Falklands islands war now significant

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The war meant we have access to all the drilling rights, and oil drilling has started here

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6
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What is the worlds 2012 population

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7,069,000,000

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7
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New minerals for future tech (name 3)

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Cerium
Erbium
Lanthanum
Samarium

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8
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Name the two more recent wars

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Iraq (saddam Hussein)

Gaddafi (lybia)

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9
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Name some of the environmental damage

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Sea empress (wales)
Exxon Valdez
BP deep water horizon

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what are the environmental/war issues with diamonds?

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These are blood or conflict diamonds that are used to purchase weapons but are also made into western jewlery

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11
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BPs profit

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5.3 Billion in 2nd quater

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12
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Shells profit

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5 Billion in 2nd quater

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13
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What is a mineral reserve?

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Minerals that we know are there but have not yet been extracted, this could be because of economic or political reasons

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What is a mineral resource?

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these are minerals that are known or not know about that are all of the worlds minerals put together. many of these have not yet been explored

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What are the stages in resource exploitation?

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resources
Exploration 
Resource evaluation
Production, mining
Raw materials
Products, power
Finished products
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16
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First ever book published for metal mining?

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Georgius Agricola 1556

17
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what are the old metals of antiquity

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Antimony
Tin
Lead
Mercury
Silver
Copper
Gold
18
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Industrial rocks and minerals definition

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Any earth material of economic importance, excluding metal ores and fuels. An industrial mineral that is used in its mineral form withou extracting the metals

19
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Example of industrial rocks

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China clay
Building stones
Barite
Fluorite

20
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Industrial rocks and the locality?

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because they are cheap there is no point moving them far so the local geology is relfected in the buildings, walls etc

21
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Where are the hardest rocks in the BI found

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Northwest

22
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Where are the softest rocks in the BI found

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Southeast

23
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Aberdeen and Cornwalls rock type?

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Granite

24
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What is the salisbury rock type

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Limestone

25
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What are some UK exceptions to this

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Welsh Slate, found all over the UK because of its quality

26
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Portland stone!?

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Ooltic limestone from the upper Jurassic, found near dorest. Used for Cardiff! it can be carved with a saw. Doesn’t rust as it is free of iron

27
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Name the two important decorative stones

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Larvikite (popular in the UK, polished surfaces)

Limestone (found in mcdonalds)

28
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what is an industrial mineral?

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used in bulk as extracted from the ground, there is no need for further processesing

29
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Examples of industrial minerals?

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China clay
UK salt
Potash

30
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Info on Glas

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First discovered by Egyptians. made from smelting
Quartz
Lime
Sodium Carbonate

31
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Information on gun powed

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first found in China
Made from 
Saltpeter
Charcoal
Sulphur
32
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What are gemstones

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These are naturally occurring minerals that can be artificially polished and shaped. Quality is clarity and absence on imperfections

33
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Examples of gemstones

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Diamonds
Rubies
Emeradles

34
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What are the energy mineral definition

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A natural resource which can be used to generate energy

35
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What are the energy minerals

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Coal
Oil
Natural Gas
Uranium

36
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What is sustainable development (with regards to mining)

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A pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present but in the future.

37
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What is mini legislation

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Virtually all mining codes now include a serious of conditions where the company show environmental awareness and proactvity

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