molten rock - Made liquid by being heated to very high temperatures, sediment - Particles that are broken down and transported, weathering - The processes by which weather breaks rock into smaller pieces , Prospecting - Search for valuable minerals on or under the surface of the Earth, overburden - Rock or soil overlying a mineral deposit, adit - Horizontal passage leading into a mine , supply - To provide something that is wanted or needed, demand - A need for goods or services that customers want to buy or use, shaft - A vertical passageway into a mine, slope - An inclined passageway that leads to valuable minerals, deposit - A natural concentration of minerals in the earth's crust, ore - Rock that contains valuable minerals in high enough concentrations to be worth mined, bioaccumulation - The process by which pollutants build up in living organisms, bioremediation - A sustainable way to clean up polluted soil and water using living organisms, restoration - The process of cleaning up and repairing the environmental damage caused by mining, landfill - The disposal and burial of waste and garbage in a a designated area, resource - A material that comes from the environment and can be used by humans, biomagnification - The process of increasing concentration of contaminants as it moves up the food chain,

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