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Which mining technique involves the removal of strips of soil and rock to expose ore?
Which mining technique involves the removal of strips of soil and rock to expose ore?
- Mountaintop removal
- Strip mining (correct)
- Open-pit mining
- Underground mining
What is open-pit mining?
What is open-pit mining?
- Mining with small concealed pits
- Mining with tunnels underground
- Mining technique using a large visible pit or hole in the ground (correct)
- Mining with explosives
Which mining technique involves the removal of the entire top of a mountain with explosives?
Which mining technique involves the removal of the entire top of a mountain with explosives?
- Quarrying
- Strip mining
- Open-pit mining
- Mountaintop removal (correct)
