Layers of Earth
A natural disaster involving large waves.
What is a tsunami?
The type of mining used for ores on or near the surface.
What is surface mining?
Mineral used in fertilizer.
What is potash?
A natural disaster caused by diverging plate boundaries?
What is a volcano?
The type of mining used for ores that are deeper beneath the surface.
What is underground mining?
Mineral used for nuclear energy.
What is uranium?
A natural disaster caused by transforming plate boundaries.
What is an earthquake?
Two plates move horizontally past one another.
What are transforming plate boundaries?
A type of mining that uses a solution to pump out ores underground.
What is in-situ mining?
Location of coal mines in Saskatchewan.
What is Southern Saskatchewan?
What is the most dangerous part of an earthquake?
What are falling buildings and structures?
What are diverging plate boundaries?
What are two plates moving apart?
A mining technique in which a sample is removed to determine how much ore is in the area.
What is rock core drilling/sampling?
Location of gold mines in Saskatchewan.
What is Northern Saskatchewan?
This layer is divided into pieces called tectonic plates.
What is the crust?
What is the purpose of earthquake-proof structures?
What is for people to evacuate structures before they collapse?
How do mountains form?
What is converging plate boundaries push up the Earth's core?
The place where you would look to start a new mining site.
What is near an existing mine site?
What is potash?