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