Science & Tech
Study of our human-made world. Deals with “what can be”
Where is TECHNOLOGY?
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Corrosion of iron.
What is rust?
After mining, workers plant trees and clean the land so plants and animals can live there again.
What is reclamation?
What is slag?
What is known as the Copper State in the United States of America.
What is Arizona?
Study of our natural world. Deals with “what is”.
What is Science?
Two metals that are mixed with iron the production of steel.
What is Chromium (Cr), Nickel (Ni), Molybdenum (Mo), Manganese (Mn), or Tungsten (W)?
Bingham Canyon Mine landslide took place in which year
What is 2013?
The second step of producing copper is concentrating copper into a more usable form.
What is benefaction?
Large ores are broken into smaller pieces.
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Give a positive or negative impact of Information technology.
Positive
INTERNET –Information is stored for easy access
Negative
INTERNET – Harder to distinguish between reliable and unreliable sources
What is the most common process for iron?
What is blast furnace
A mine disaster that took place Feb 20 2024 in which a least a dozen died.
What is Venezuela Mine disaster?
Give 3 properties of metals
What are malleable, ductile, lustrous, good conductors of heat and electricity? etc.
Corrosion of copper and describe its color.
What is patina and greenish in color?
Give one medical invention that saved so many lives. It should be included in the presentation.
What is pennicilin or X-ray?
Give 2 uses of Iron that were discussed in class, and explain its recycling.
Answer may vary
What are the 2 ways of mining?
Describe each.
Open pit mining- on the surface
Underground mining - underground
Compare and contrast converting and electroplating in processing of Copper.
Converting uses heat and collect 99.5% of copper. Electroplating uses electricity and will produce 99.99% copper. Both removes impurities.
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Give 2 uses of Iron that were discussed in class, and explain its recycling.
Answers may vary
Compare and contrast: Science and technology
Science: Study of the natural world
Technology: Study of the human-made world
Both: answers may vary
Materials and ratios in making pig iron.
What is iron ore 4: coking coal 2: limestone 1?
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Give one example of reclamation case study we use in class. State the name, country, and background.
Ok Ted i Mine, Papua New Guinea - wining waster discharged in water
Mar copper mine Philippines - mining waste in the river
Lusatian Lake District - Germany - flooded old colal mines
Island copper mine Canada - largest open pit mining for copper
Ranger uranium mine - Australia - near environmentally sensitive areas
Eden project Cornwall England - conversion of abandoned quarry into botanical garden and educational center.
Two types of Copper
What are copper sulfide, and copper (II) oxide cupric oxide?
Explain the Bronze Age.
People learned to smelt (heat) copper and tin together to make bronze, which is harder than copper.