I would suggest that you sit down for a day and just read the forum to get answers to your questions as they have been asked numerous times. You will also learn a lot more as well as information beyond the answers to your questions.
Bitcoin mining is the process of adding transaction records to Bitcoin's public ledger of past transactions or blockchain. This ledger of past transactions is called the block chain as it is a chain of blocks. The block chain serves to confirm transactions to the rest of the network as having taken place.
Yes i understand how blockchain works. I was and am still going through the forum but if anyone can point me in the right direction it would be so kind of them.