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ZIMSEC O-Level Geography

7.7Minerals and mining

Minerals and mining in ZIMSEC O-Level Geography: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview

Topic 7 of the scope and sequence (Forms 1 to 4).

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Lessons

  • Zimbabwe's minerals: geology, distribution and importance

    30 min

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  • Factors influencing mining and mining methods

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  • Small-scale mining and gold panning

    30 min

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  • Processing minerals and beneficiation

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  • Mining, the environment and sustainable use

    35 min

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Minerals and mining: sample question

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Which measure most directly reduces the risk of methane explosions in an underground coal mine?

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