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[|Acid Mine Drainage.ppt]

**Questions:** __Multiple choice:__ __ Short answer: __ Explain the two types of treatment for Acid Mine Drainage and give at least one pro and con for each.
 * 1) To form sulfuric acid (ADM) what two things have to react?
 * 2) Water and sunlight
 * 3) Oxygen and sunlight
 * 4) Oxygen and water
 * 5) None of the above
 * 6) What causes AMD?
 * 7) contamination of iron sulfide
 * 8) contamination of oxygen levels
 * 9) abandoned coal mines
 * 10) lack of chemicals
 * 11) both a and c
 * 12) The orange/yellow discoloration of streams is also known as…
 * 13) orange top
 * 14) yellow boy
 * 15) red stream
 * 16) all of the above
 * 17) All of the following are true except…
 * 18) Acid mine drainage does not have negative effects on stream ecosystems
 * 19) Costs of treatment are more than 67 million a year in PA alone
 * 3,000 miles worth of streams in PA are contaminated
 * 1) South Dakota has the most extensive amount of contamination
 * 2) Both a and d
 * 3) Adding chemicals such as lime and soda ash are a treatment method used in what?
 * 4) passive treatment
 * 5) it is not a treatment method
 * 6) counteractive treatment
 * 7) active treatment
 * 8) none of the above