Exam 14: Geology and Nonrenewable Mineral Resources

If geologists identify 10,000 possible deposits of a given resource, only one will become a productive mine or well.

Compare and contrast surface and subsurface mining in terms of environmental impact.

Which of the following is not a member of the group of nations that supply most of the nonrenewable mineral resources used by modern societies?

Adding chemicals to remove metals from their ores is called smelting.

The common mining process used in the United States and Australia uses a very toxic chemical called ____________________.

Use the Figure above to answer the following question(s). -Choose the process that could involve movement by wind.

At least 1,200 miles of Appalachia's rivers and streams have been buried by mining activities in the region.

The zone of hot, partly melted rock that flows and can be deformed is called the

A mineral becomes ____________________ when it costs more than it is worth to find, extract, transport, and process it.

The oceanic crust makes up less than 30% of the earth's crust.

The second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century occurred in 1991 when which mountain erupted?

Tectonic plates can move in opposite but parallel directions along a fracture or fault at a boundary called a

Sandstone and shale are types of ____________________ rock.

Mining operations produce one-third of all solid waste in the United States.

The severity of an earthquake is a measure of its seismic waves, and is called

The Great Lakes in the United States, are the world's largest body of fresh water, and were formed when glaciers retreated after the last ice age.

In the transportation industry, switching to high-strength plastics and composite materials strengthened by light-weight carbon and glass fibers in place of metals, have all of the following advantages, except

The location on the earth's surface above where an earthquake begins is called its

If consumers paid the full market cost of mineral extraction and processing, all of the following would occur, except

The highest peaks and deepest valleys are on the continents.