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Bling Bling
It's Mine
A hunka hunka burning Carbon
Renewables
100
The description of how rocks transform from one form to another
What is the rock cycle?
100
The three traits of a metal
What are flexible, shiny conductive.
100
A type of mine that removes the tops of mountains
What is mountain top removal mining
100
Fission of uranium produces heat in this
What is nuclear energy
100
Energy that can be replenished in a human lifetime.
What is renewable energy?
200
Deposition of dead organisms creates which form of rock
What is Sedimentary Organic Rock?
200
The most economically important minerals
What are aluminum, lead, copper
200
Digging a large hole from the Earth's surface
What is pit mining
200
Burning this fossil fuel produces 50% of electricity
What is coal
200
Tidal turbines and dams both create this form of energy.
What is hydropower?
300
Basalt is a type of this rock that occurs when a volcano erupts under the ocean
What is igneous extrusive rock?
300
In the US this percent of all metals must be recycled
What is 28%
300
Using the Earth's natural water cycle in order to obtain minerals
What is placer mining
300
The cleanest burning fossil fuel
What is natural gas
300
This is the most efficient renewable energy source
What is wind energy?
400
Rocks that are dense and heavy because two things are applied to them
What is heat and pressure?
400
metals in the Earth's crust are usually a smaller portion of this
What is an Ore
400
Soil erosion, air and water pollution, and habitat destruction are all products of this kind of mining
What is surface mining
400
Oil, natural gas, and coal are all different forms of this element
What is Carbon
400
A biofuel created by corn.
What is ethanol?
500
If i was a rock that was melted, shot out of a volcano, eroded, then was transferred deep into the Earth for millions of years I would end up as...
What is Metamorphic rock
500
The 5 characteristics of minerals
What is natural, inorganic, solid, crystal shape, same elements
500
Air quality is a major threat to miners in this type of mine
What is subsurface mining
500
High pressure water is used to crush rocks and release gas from rocks
What is fracking
500
Heat from melted rocks is used to spin a turbine.
What is geothermal energy?