Exam 12: Geology and Nonrenewable Mineral Resources

What rock is most likely to be formed from the remains of plants that have been subjected to compressive forces?

China has a heavily regulated rare earth metal mining industry.

What rock is most likely to contain fossils?

Lithium, which is important in making batteries, generally has to be ______.

One way that you can promote the sustainable use of nonrenewable minerals is to reuse or ____________________ metal products whenever possible.

A scientist is given a sample of earth and discovers that it is almost entirely iron. This sample most likely came from the _____.

The 17 ____ include scandium, yttrium, and 15 lanthanide chemical elements, including lanthanum.

Magnitude is the measure of ground motion or tremors caused by an earthquake, as indicated by the ____________________ of seismic waves.

Scientists use the Richter scale, on which each unit has a(n) ____________________ 10 times greater than the next smaller unit, to classify earthquakes as insignificant, minor, damaging, destructive, major, or great.

What major rock type is a limestone?

Because buoys and pressure recorders are so useful in warning in the event of a global tsunami, a relatively complete network of them has been placed around the world.

The ____ cycle requires millions of years.

A solution of highly toxic cyanide salts is used at approximately 90% of the world's gold mines.

Nanotechnologists envision the development of technological innovations such as flexible solar cell films that could be attached to or painted onto almost any surface.

One way that corporations and researchers could practice more sustainable use of nonrenewable resources is by redesigning ____________________ processes to use fewer mineral resources.

What is the best way for governments to support more sustainable use of nonrenewable mineral resources?

Granite is a type of ____________________ rock.

Some companies have been allowed to walk away from cleaning up their mining operations after extracting gold from a mine due to ____.

One environmental problems associated with gold mining is the leftover and sometimes leaky leach ponds that contain ____________________.

Seismic waves move upward and outward from the earthquake's ____________________ like ripples in a pool of water.