Minerals
This is how most minerals are extracted from the Earth
What is mining
How do we access ground water resources?
What is pumps?
How do we access fuel resources from the Earth?
What is mining for coal and pumping oil and natural gas out of the Earth?
This is the edge where two tectonic plates meet.
What is a Plate Boundary?
Minerals are found in soil that contain this type of rock
What is igneous rock
Ground water is found in this type of rock
What is sedimentary?
Fuel is found in this type of rock
What is sedimentary rock?
Relating to, or based on science that deals with the history of the Earth and it's life especially as recorded in rocks
What is Geologic?
Minerals in the United States are found mostly in this location
Where is the West Coasts
Water resources are found mostly in this part of the United States
What is the East Coast
Fuel is found mostly in this location in the United States
What is the middle of the United States?
The capability of a substance to allow fluids to flow through it
What is permeability?
According to TWIG, list as least 3 examples of minerals needed to make electric cars
What is lithium, cobalt, copper, nickel, and aluminum
What do we call energy production using water?
What is hydro-electric power
What are the three non-renewable forms of Fuel resources that we take from the Earth?
What are Coal, Oil and Natural Gas?
Material made of carbone that comes from plants, animals and their waste products
What is Organic Matter?
Where can Lithium be mined on planet Earth?
Where is Australia, Chile, Bolivia, and China
Aquifers are found above, or below the water table?
What is below the water table?
This non-renewable resource is formed from the remains of ancient swamp vegetation, which over millions of years under intense heat and pressure
What is Coal?
A mineral-bearing rock that generally contains metal but can contain other valuable minerals, like gems
What is Ore