Minerals

Question 1

Canada ranks ___ in the mineral production of the world

Answer 1

third

Question 2

Canada’s the _____ of minerals

Answer 2

largest exporter

Question 3

Contributed greatly to the development of __________

Answer 3

Canada’s Transportation System

Question 4

Minerals

Answer 4

• naturally occurring, pure, non-living substances found in the rocks of the earth

Question 5

Metallic minerals

Answer 5

• when refined, yield minerals (copper, nickel, gold, iron)

Question 6

Fossil fuels

Answer 6

• when burned create energy (coal, natural gas, oil)

Question 7

Industrial minerals

Answer 7

• non-metallic minerals used by industry & manufacturing (asbestos, salt, sand, gravel, diamonds)

Question 8

Strip mining (minerals, positives, negatives)

Answer 8

Oil, gravel, coal, sand, 4 times safer and more efficient than underground mines, cheap, Disruptive to the land, erodes and reduces the fertility of the soil, depletes underground water reservoirs

Question 9

Open-pit (minerals, positives, negatives)

Answer 9

Copper, granite, diamonds, gypsum, marble, limestone, allows the use of more efficient equipment, potentially bigger revenues, faster mining, and production of lower grades of ore, Destruction of vegetation and groundwater, creates tailings, production of dust and radon gas, a large amount of unneeded waste rock

Question 10

Underground mining (minerals, positives, negatives)

Answer 10

Zinc, silver, copper, nickel, tin, lead, Allows a mine operation to be hidden, can go as deep as the development will allow for excavation, produces very little waste, Influence on the water table, destruction of vegetation, radon gas produced in confined spaces, noise/dust pollution is produced, excavation is required before mining can begin