Exam 12: Riches in Rock: Energy and Mineral Resources

Examine the table below.Which nation is consuming the greatest fraction of its oil reserves each year?

Which of these materials is used in making glass?

Chemically,oil and gas are both ____________.

Coal is the altered remains of ancient ____________.

In the figure below,which is NOT a reason for the oil to migrate to the Earth's surface?

Mining metallic minerals usually produces sulfur-rich acidic wastes.You learned earlier in this course that calcite (CaCO₃)reacts with acids to neutralize them.Based on this,what material could you apply to the acidic surface or groundwater drainage near a metallic ore body or mine,to neutralize its acidity?

Which type of ore is most commonly concentrated in magmatic deposits?

Coal and metal ore deposits deeper than 100 m below the ground surface are usually mined with which technique?

The first ores that were widely smelted by humans to produce metal were those of ____________.

Graphite forms from natural gas as well as coal when temperatures rise.What does this imply?

According to this figure,the greatest depth at which oil is found is ____________.

Hydrocarbons consisting of short carbon chains are ____________.

In the figure below,why would the densest clasts probably be at the bottom of the river channel?

The oil window (temperature range wherein organic matter is converted to petroleum hydrocarbon without destroying it)lies between ____________.

The "energy footprint" and annual CO₂ emission of building,power plants,and other infrastructure are normally estimated only for the lifetime of operation,and do not include the cost of building and later removing (or recycling)the building,power plant,and so on.If the cost to construct and remove/recycle such facilities were also included in estimating the "energy footprint" and annual CO₂ emissions of a proposed nuclear power,which of these factors would NOT change the resulting calculation?

A body of rock in which oil is formed is termed a ____________.

Aluminum is made by processing material excavated from____________ deposits.

Which mineral resources are considered renewable?

U-235,the isotope of uranium that is essential for operating nuclear power plants,is ____________.

Which property of magmatic ore deposits causes them to be concentrated by magmas?