Resources -Ms Johnston

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Across
  1. 3. The texture of a rock is the different sizes and shapes of the particles and their arrangement relative to one another.
  2. 6. The waste material left after useful minerals have been removed and chemically processed.
  3. 9. Restoring the land to its original state.
  4. 10. Soil, sand, mud, small rocks, vegetation and animal matter etc. that is carried along by wind, ice and water and eventually settles in river, lakes or the sea.
Down
  1. 1. Rocks formed when the weathered and eroded particles of pre-existing rocks are transported by wind or water and deposited elsewhere.
  2. 2. Ore which has been accumulated at the surface.
  3. 4. A vertical opening dug into the Earth and used for transportign miners, ore, and equipment into an underground mine. It is also used for ventilation.
  4. 5. The use of fire and heat to extract metals from mineral ore.
  5. 7. A layer of a mineral which is situated between layers of other materials e.g. rock and soil
  6. 8. The space left underground after the ore, rich in minerals, has been removed.