Land-Take - Mines often take up a lot of room land surface, we call this L____-T____., Habitat - When a mine is created this can damage the places where organisms live. We call this H______ loss., Amenity - Mines can make an area a less pleaseant place to live near. The land can be used for leisure activities, we call this A______ loss., Dust - Mining can release lots of small D____ particles into the air., Airborne - Blasting used to break rock can make dust A_______., Noise - Loud vechicles and blasting can cause N_____ pollution., Blasting - B______ is when dyanamite and explosives are used to break rocks apart., Vehicles - Heavy V________ can kick up dust, cause noise and burn petrol for fuel., Drainage - Water pumped out from mines can caused local rivers to be polluted with turbid D________ water., Turbid - T______ means water that is cloudy, silty and opaque., Spoil-tips - Waste produced from mining is often stacked up near the mine as S_____-T____., Leachate - Contaminated water can leak out of spoil-tips or old mines, This is called L_______. , Carbon Dioxide - Burning fuels in heavy vehicles to transport ore releases C_______-D______ gas., Transport - Heavy vehicles are often needed to T_______ ores and equipment around the mine., Toxic - Many of the metals we mine can be T______ if released in the environment., Pollution - Toxic heavy metal P__________ can cause serious damage to aquatic environments., Landslides - Ocassionly spoil tips can collapse causing L___________., Opencast - O_________ mines often take up a larger ammount of land on the surface that deep-shaft mines., Deep-shaft - D____-S______ mines take up less room on the surface but can be more expensive, difficult and dangerous to run., Aesthetics - Most mines make the natural landscape look less beautiful. We would say they damage the A________ of the area.,

Environmental Damage From Mining

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