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Nonrenewable Recourses Silver & Minerals. Courtney Nelson Period 5. Sliver Uses. Silver is used most often as jewelry. Though it is also used in chemistry, photography, silver wear, and electronic devices. Mineral Uses. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Nonrenewable RecoursesSilver & Minerals
Courtney Nelson Period 5
Sliver Uses
• Silver is used most often as jewelry. Though it is also used in chemistry, photography, silver wear, and electronic devices.
Mineral Uses
• Minerals include cement, aluminum, coal, diamond, gold, lead, and lithium.
• Coal is used to make energy
Effect
Earth’s Recourses
• Minerals- Coal pollutes air, have to dig deep in earth at times.
• Silver- have to dig deep in earth at times
Organism Recourses
• Minerals and Silver- destroys potential environments
• Doesn't effect otherwise
Dangers
• If prolonged contact occurs, silver and mineral poisoning is possible. Most likely to happen in mining tunnels, or simple over exposure to substance.
Incident
• In the Ashoi copper mine, silver leaked out and contaminated a river in Japan. The people, fish, and crops were poisoned, the fish and crops dying
• The mine was permanently shut down and it took a long time to clean the river