Chapter 15 Nonrenewable Mineral Resources. MINERALS, ROCKS, AND THE ROCK CYCLE The earth’s crust consists of solid inorganic elements and compounds.
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Mining and Mineral Resources. Minerals: solids with characteristic chemical composition, orderly internal structure, and a characteristic set of physical.
Section 4.3-Natural Resources Big Idea: Natural resources we use on a daily basis and can either be renewed or not. Get out a piece of paper for 4.3 notes.
Exhaustible Resource Extraction. Key Issues How Are Resources Being Depleted? An Economic Model of Exhaustible Resource Mining.
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF USING MINERAL RESOURCES The extraction, processing, and use of mineral resources has a large environmental impact. Figure 15-9.
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