Mining.
Extracting minerals from the ground is called mining.
The minerals from above ground can cause cycles. This is very important.
The ground
You mine them.
They get minerals from the soil in which they are growing. Minerals are taken in through their roots.
A quarry is the name for a place where rock is taken from the ground. It is always above ground. A mine can be below ground or at ground level and is where ore is taken from the ground. Marble is quarried, coal is mined. That is the difference of a mine and a quarry.
The water contains minerals when it rains and leaves the minerals on the ground when its evaporated
It is taken from the ground by pumps sucking it out
the ground
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