Gold mining - Quiz
A) Asteroid mining B) Hard rock mining C) By-product gold mining D) Placer mining
A) Copper mine B) Gold mine C) Placer deposit D) Hard rock mine
A) Alaska B) South Africa C) United States D) Indonesia
A) Open-pit mining B) Using a sluice box C) Underground mining D) Asteroid mining
A) Riverbeds, stream beds, and floodplains B) Underground shafts C) Open-pit mines D) Asteroids
A) Open-pit mining B) Hard rock mining C) By-product gold mining D) Placer mining
A) Heavier particles sink to the bottom while lighter ones are carried downstream. B) Gold is dissolved and then precipitated out of solution. C) Gold is extracted by heating the material. D) Gold is separated using magnetic fields.
A) Diesel powered, earth moving equipment B) Asteroid mining robots C) Open-pit excavators D) Underground drilling rigs
A) Goldstrike mine B) Robinson Deep C) Grasberg mine D) Panguna mine
A) Open-pit mining B) By-product gold mining C) Underground mining D) Placer mining
A) It was the first deep mine to receive air conditioning. B) It discovered the largest gold nugget. C) It was the deepest open-pit mine. D) It used sluice boxes for the first time.
A) They require no water for extraction. B) They consist mainly of loose sediment. C) They are found deep underground. D) They contain minerals resistant to weathering and erosion.
A) To magnetically attract gold particles. B) To dissolve gold from other materials. C) To heat the material and separate gold. D) To create dead zones where gold can settle out of suspension.
A) Placer deposits B) Sand and gravel C) Gold D) Diamonds
A) 1,000–2,000 metric tons B) 10,000–12,000 metric tons C) 6,000–7,000 metric tons D) 4,000–5,000 metric tons
A) Around 2000 BCE B) Around 4000 BCE C) Around 500 CE D) Around 1000 CE
A) The Egyptians B) The Romans C) The Greeks D) The Sumerians
A) Large corporations B) Small artisanal miners C) Individual prospectors D) Government entities
A) In urban mining operations B) In smaller artisanal mines with less regulation C) In large corporate mines D) In government-operated mines
A) Stonehenge in England B) The Pyramids of Giza in Egypt C) Machu Picchu in Peru D) The Varna Necropolis in Bulgaria
A) Around 20 kg B) More than 6 kg (13 lb) C) Less than 1 kg D) Approximately 10 kg
A) Stonehenge B) The Sakdrisi site in southern Georgia C) The Great Pyramid of Giza D) Chichen Itza
A) Present-day Iraq B) Present-day China C) Present-day Egypt D) Present-day India
A) Old Kingdom B) Bronze Age C) Neolithic Period D) New Kingdom
A) Hydraulic mining B) Grinding mill C) Stone mortars D) Hushing
A) The sun god Ra B) Isis C) Anubis D) Osiris
A) Conscripts B) Free citizens C) Volunteers D) Slave labour
A) Claudius B) Trajan C) Nero D) Augustus
A) Grinding mill B) Stone mortar C) Two-handed mallet D) Oval mallet
A) Grinding mill B) Oval mallet C) Hushing D) Stone mortars
A) 30 meters (98 feet) B) 75 meters (246 feet) C) 50 meters (160 feet) D) 100 meters (328 feet)
A) Chola Empire B) Mughal Empire C) Maurya Empire D) Pandya Empire
A) Aztec Empire B) Olméc Civilization C) Mayan Civilization D) Inca Empire
A) Moldavia B) Transylvania C) Bucharest D) Wallachia
A) Aaron Regent B) George Carmack C) Roy Sebag D) Edward Hargraves
A) Cape Town B) Johannesburg C) Pretoria D) Durban
A) 1920 B) 1900 C) 1851 D) 1896
A) Bathurst B) Klondike C) Carlin Trend D) Witwatersrand
A) Australia B) United States C) Russia D) China
A) 3,612 tonnes B) 4,448 tonnes C) 2,400 tonnes D) 3,497 tonnes
A) 2000 B) 1999 C) 2001 D) 2015
A) 2,600 tonnes B) 2,400 tonnes C) 4,448 tonnes D) 3,100 tonnes
A) 2% B) 10% C) 5% D) 15%
A) Suction dredges B) Bucket lines C) Gravel screening plants D) Land-based excavators
A) Pontoons B) Gravel screening plant C) Suction hose D) Land-based excavator
A) Montana B) California C) Florida D) Texas
A) Cradle B) Sluice C) Shaker table D) Pan
A) Rotating motion B) Vibrating motion C) Rocking motion D) Sifting motion
A) Unstable compounds B) Stable complexes C) Gas emissions D) Solid precipitates
A) Hydrochloric acid B) Ammonia solution C) Nitric acid D) Sodium cyanide solution
A) Crushing. B) Grinding. C) Amalgamation. D) Retorting.
A) Orpailleurs. B) Miners. C) Galamsey miners. D) Garimpeiros.
A) Exposure to sunlight. B) Toxic poisoning from unsafe chemicals like mercury. C) Lack of access to water. D) Overexertion due to heavy lifting.
A) Collapsing tunnels. B) Exposure to cold temperatures. C) Overexposure to sunlight. D) Lack of food and water.
A) Garimpeiros. B) Galamsey miners. C) Miners. D) Orpailleurs.
A) 70% B) 50% C) 80% D) 60%
A) Developing nations B) Arctic regions C) Developed nations D) Desert areas
A) Deforestation B) Urbanization C) Desertification D) Glaciation
A) Desertification B) Savannization C) Urban sprawl D) Glaciation
A) 9% B) 75% C) 25% D) 50%
A) Sahara Desert B) Australian Outback C) Great Plains D) Amazon rainforest
A) 'Galamsey' B) 'Shantytown' C) 'Mina' D) 'Barrio'
A) India B) China C) Brazil D) Philippines
A) Influence on investment decisions B) Decrease in global trade C) Reduction in mining activities D) Stabilization of currency values
A) 30 June 2018 B) 14 February 2011 C) 25 December 2015 D) 1 January 2000 |
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