Exam 14: Resources

Figure 14.4.2, Production and Reserves of Fossil Fuels -Looking at Figure 14.4.2, at current extraction rates, how many years are Russia's natural gas reserves projected to last?

To reduce auto emissions in the United States, modifications to automobile engines have been required since the 1960s.

Roughly one-third of Earth's land surface, excluding Antarctica, is covered with forest and woodland.

Explain the concepts of preservation and conservation.

The ratio of reserves to annual production (R/P) is an indication of:

________ production is a direct conversion of solar energy to electricity.

Wastewater comprises about ________ percent of the flow of U.S. rivers.

Worldwide, perhaps 15,000 square miles of ________ have been cleared annually in recent years.

Government regulators are often forbidden from taking market principles into account when deciding how to manage resources.

Deposits of a resource that have been identified and are commercially extractable at present prices are called:

The Chicago Climate Exchange, in operation since 2003, has been engaged in which of the following?

The greatest nuclear catastrophe to date occurred in 1976, in a nuclear power plant at Verkoyansk, in central Siberia, Russia (which was, at that time, part of the Soviet Union).

What is the global distribution and demand for lithium?

Preservation is the use and management of natural resources such as wildlife, water, air, and mineral resources to meet human needs, including food, medicine, and recreation.

Although aluminum is one of the most abundant elements on Earth, in 2010, just six countries produced about ________ percent of the world's total aluminum ore (bauxite).

Figure 14.4.2, Production and Reserves of Fossil Fuels -Looking at Figure 14.4.2, at current extraction rates, how long are Canada's oil reserves projected to last?

Since the 1980s, the Brazilian Amazon has been cleared at rates of slightly less than 12 percent per year, an area roughly twice the size of the state of Texas.

In the United States, wetlands, formerly called swamps, used to be seen in negative terms as places with no positive values.

As a result of inefficient technology, wealthy and industrialized countries typically consume smaller amounts of energy, while poorer countries usually consume much larger quantities.

The most acute water pollution problems in the world come from ________.