Chemistry Words: Quarries

Simple Description

Places where we can dig a substance, usually a rock, out of the ground.

Further Detail

Disadvantages of quarries are they can be eyesores, destroys habitats, noise pollution, dust pollution which affects asthmatics. Advantages of quarries are they provide employment, infrastructure is often improved in the area surrounding the quarry (roads improved, building schools, medical centres, shops), area is often given back to the community when the quarrying is finished to provide a recreation facility to the area.



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