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Paper 1 structured question: Extraction of rocks and minerals from the Earth

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Extraction of rocks and minerals from the Earth

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Mining methods and factors influencing extraction

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Factors Influencing Mining

The choice to extract minerals depends on exploration, geology, accessibility, environmental impact assessments, and supply and demand.

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    Explain Explain why environmental impact assessments are important when deciding to extract minerals.

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Paper 1 structured question: Extraction of rocks and minerals from the Earth

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Mining Techniques

Surface mining methods include opencast, open-pit, open-cut, and strip mining. Subsurface mining methods include deep and shaft mining. Factors influencing the choice of mining method include exploration results, geology, accessibility, environmental impact assessments, and supply and demand.

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    Describe Describe two surface mining methods used to extract minerals.

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