Quiz 22: Resources
Geology/Geography/Oceanography/Atmospheric Sciences
Q 1Q 1
Most of the easily recoverable uranium in the United States is found in sandstone in New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado.
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Q 16Q 16
When a drill hole first penetrates an oil reservoir the pent up gases may drive the petroleum to the surface.
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Q 21Q 21
Geological resources sustain life, and the most fundamental of these resources are _____.
A) gold and silver
B) soil and water
C) oil and gas
D) geothermal and hydrothermal
E) all are fundamental resources
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Q 22Q 22
This type of geologic resource provides the power that drives the modern world.
A) metallic
B) geothermal
C) petroleum
D) energy
E) nonmetallic
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Q 23Q 23
Some geologic resources are ____, that is, they are replenished by natural processes fast enough that people can use them continuously.
A) nonmetallic
B) energetic
C) renewable
D) metallic
E) nonrenewable
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Q 24Q 24
A ____ is the term used to describe the total amount of any given geologic material of potential economic interest, whether discovered or not.
A) ore deposit
B) resource
C) aggregate
D) reserve
E) reservoir
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Q 25Q 25
The _____ resources include building stones and road gravels.
A) nonmetallic
B) metallic
C) energy
D) nonrenewable
E) aggregate
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Q 26Q 26
There are two basic forms of energy categories, ____ energy is stored energy.
A) actual
B) kinetic
C) potential
D) nonrenewable
E) renewable
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Q 27Q 27
Petroleum, natural gas and propane are all considered _____ because they formed from the buried remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.
A) gaseous fuels
B) oil fuels
C) nonmetallic fuels
D) renewable fuels
E) fossil fuels
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Q 28Q 28
A _____ is the term used to describe the portion of a resource that has been discovered or inferred with some degree of certainty and can be extracted for a profit.
A) resource
B) reserve
C) renewable
D) ore
E) gangue
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Q 29Q 29
Most geologic resources are ____, they form very slowly and are extracted much faster than nature replaces them.
A) nonmetallic
B) energy
C) irreplaceable
D) nonrenewable
E) hydrothermal
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Q 30Q 30
____ resources enable us to create the metals used in our world today.
A) Nonmetallic
B) Metallic
C) Nonrenewable
D) Energy
E) Petroleum
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Q 31Q 31
A pound of ordinary bituminous coal typically contains ______ percent carbon.
A) 5
B) 10
C) 45 to 86
D) 90 to 95
E) 100
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Q 32Q 32
______ is the initial stage in the development of coal.
A) Peat
B) Lignite
C) Sub-bituminous
D) Bituminous
E) Anthracite
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Q 33Q 33
In 1900 more than _____ percent of America's energy needs were satisfied by burning coal.
A) 90
B) 75
C) 50
D) 25
E) 10
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Q 34Q 34
The recoverable reserve for coal in the United States is _______.
A) unknown
B) 10 billion tons
C) 157 billion tons
D) 42 billion tons
E) 270 billion tons
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Q 35Q 35
At the current rate of consumption, United States recoverable coal reserves will be exhausted in ______ years.
A) 10
B) 90
C) 250
D) 350
E) 125
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Q 36Q 36
New oil is born where _____.
A) the Earth degases
B) there are continental swamps
C) active plate subduction takes place
D) dead organic matter is sealed in an oxygen-deprived burial
E) large animals, such as dinosaurs, once lived
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Q 37Q 37
In terms of plate tectonics, future oil reservoirs form most easily in areas ____.
A) along mid oceanic ridges
B) over hot spots
C) along transform faults
D) where ocean basins are closing
E) of continental rifts
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Q 38Q 38
The petroleum window is the depth between ______ to ______ feet through which sapropel must pass to transform into oil.
A) 100; 1000
B) 7,500; 15,000
C) 100; 600
D) 10,000; 20,000
E) 500; 6000
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Q 39Q 39
Once oil is formed it must accumulate in concentrations that can be drilled and pumped, these concentrations are called ________.
A) traps
B) accumulations
C) concentrations
D) beds
E) reserves
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Q 41Q 41
Counting tar sands, _______ has the second largest oil reserves in the world.
A) the United States
B) Brazil
C) Mexico
D) Canada
E) Nigeria
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Q 42Q 42
Economic deposits of petroleum require _____.
A) source rock
B) reservoir rock
C) trap
D) volcanic activity
E) source rock, reservoir rock, and trap
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Q 43Q 43
The ratio of the amount of energy extracted versus the amount of energy put into the extraction process of a resource can be initialized as ____.
A) EROEI
B) NOAA
C) CPI
D) USGS
E) ACC
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Q 44Q 44
The two largest oil fields in the United States are in __________.
A) the Front Ranges of the Rocky Mountains
B) the Great Plains
C) coastal areas of the Gulf Coast
D) Texas and Alaska
E) Illinois and Iowa
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Q 45Q 45
_______ is an unusual mixture of ice and methane.
A) Pumice
B) Oil sand
C) Condensate
D) Distillate
E) Gas hydrate
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Q 46Q 46
The United States has enormous quantities of oil in __.
A) oil shale
B) gas hydrates
C) hydrothermal veins
D) tar sands
E) limestones
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Q 47Q 47
Uranium is found in ________.
A) quartz and sphalerite
B) pitchblende and carnotite
C) migmatites
D) hematite and galena
E) rhyolite and gabbro
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Q 48Q 48
Although technically not coal, the first material to form in the coal cycle is ___.
A) anthracite
B) semi-anthracite
C) peat
D) lignite
E) "soft coal"
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Q 49Q 49
The United States has established a permanent nuclear waste repository ______.
A) at spreading ridges on the Atlantic seafloor
B) on the abyssal plains near offshore California
C) on the moon
D) at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
E) in salt mines in Ohio
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Q 50Q 50
The world's largest geothermal power plant is at ____.
A) Hot Springs, Arkansas
B) Handford, Washington
C) Yucca Mountain, Nevada
D) New Zealand
E) the Geysers in the Coast Range of northern California.
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Q 51Q 51
The ore-forming process of ______ occurs as early-forming minerals settle to the bottom of a cooling magma.
A) crystal settling
B) hydrothermal solution
C) gravity deposition
D) mica and quartz
E) residue formation
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Q 52Q 52
The major iron ore minerals are _____.
A) pyrite and chalcopyrite
B) hematite and magnetite
C) galena and sphalerite
D) mica and quartz
E) calcite and dolomite
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Q 53Q 53
Most copper ores are ___.
A) oxides
B) pegmatites
C) placer deposits
D) sulfides
E) carbonates
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Q 54Q 54
Gas hydrate contains ____.
A) asphalt
B) natural gas
C) petroleum
D) gasoline
E) aviation fuel
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Q 55Q 55
Gold is found in ____.
A) weathered granites
B) pegmatites
C) placer deposits
D) gossan
E) limestones
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Q 56Q 56
Phosphate is produced from _____.
A) igneous rocks
B) hydrothermal deposits
C) phosphorites
D) evaporites
E) placer deposits
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Q 57Q 57
Most hydrothermal ores are metallic __________.
A) carbonates
B) sulfates
C) native elements
D) sulfides
E) oxides
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Q 59Q 59
The energy return on energy invested (EROEI) for newly discovered oil fields was typically around 100:1 in 1940s and it has currently decreased to ________
A) 8:1
B) 75:1
C) 50:1
D) 25:1
E) 15:1
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Q 60Q 60
Evaporite deposits are important sources of ___.
A) iron and aluminum
B) gypsum and halite
C) copper and zinc
D) lead and tin
E) sand and sandstone
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