Mining Lab

While making a topographic map  I learned (terms, concepts, or observations)

• contour lines show elevation and the closer together they are the steeper the slope
• The farther apart they are the less steep the slope
• Molybdenum - valuable mineral that can be mined
• Topo maps can show elevation,rivers, landforms and roads but they don't show forests and landmarks

While looking for molybdenum I learned

• river basins  are the land that collects water that flows into a river or other body of water
• It is tough to make decisions on where it would be cost effective to mine
• PPB mean parts per billion and a good soil sample only has 10 ppb but is worth a lot of money
• you need a lot of money and logic to be successful
• mining is competitive
• the V on the map show the direction of the run off because the V points downstream
• scale is the ratio between the distance on the map

My results
 
My group earned $__________ because we were able/not able to find the molydbemun

We observed that .....

We think it happened because......

Next time we should do........