Gly Test 3 Practice Ch 23

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    ________ is a nonrenewable resource.

    • Solar power
    • Water
    • Petroleum
    • Timber
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  • 2. 

    By the year 2015, the world's population will probably have just reached or slightly surpassed ________ people.

    • 70 million

    • 7 billion

    • 70 billion

    • 7 million

    Correct Answer
    A. 7 billion
  • 3. 

    ________ is the main fuel used in nuclear fission reactors to produce electricity.

    • Thorium-232

    • Uranium-235

    • Thorium-238

    • Uranium-239

    Correct Answer
    A. Uranium-235
  • 4. 

    ________ is used in pencils and as a solid lubricant.

    • Gypsum

    • Bornite

    • Graphite

    • Galena

    Correct Answer
    A. Graphite
  • 5. 

    The United States, with about 6 % of the world's population, uses about ________ of the world's total, annual, energy production.

    • 9%

    • 30%

    • 3%

    • 15%

    Correct Answer
    A. 30%
  • 6. 

    Of the following fossil fuels, ________ is most likely to have the lowest sulfur content and smallest volume of solid ash residue.

    • Bituminous coal

    • Natural gas

    • Lignite

    • Heavy, asphaltic, crude oil

    Correct Answer
    A. Natural gas
  • 7. 

    ________ has the largest, current production and reserves of crude oil.

    • Offshore Japan

    • Texas

    • Central and eastern Saudi Arabia

    • The North Sea field

    Correct Answer
    A. Central and eastern Saudi Arabia
  • 8. 

    ________ are used as abrasives.

    • Diamond and garnet

    • Calcite and gypsum

    • Apatite and galena

    • Talc and graphite

    Correct Answer
    A. Diamond and garnet
  • 9. 

    ________ is too soft to be used as an abrasive for steel, glasses, and most silicate rocks.

    • Corundum

    • Diamond

    • Calcite

    • Garnet

    Correct Answer
    A. Calcite
  • 10. 

    ________ supplies the largest percentage of energy consumed annually in the United States.

    • Petroleum

    • Coal

    • Hydroelectricity

    • Uranium

    Correct Answer
    A. Petroleum
  • 11. 

    ________ accounts for the majority of the coal burned annually in the United States.

    • Production of carbon black, synthetic diamonds, and graphite

    • Coke manufacture for the steel industry

    • Home and industrial space heating

    • Generation of electricity

    Correct Answer
    A. Generation of electricity
  • 12. 

    Bauxite is an ore of ________.

    • Iron

    • Tin

    • Gold

    • Aluminum

    Correct Answer
    A. Aluminum
  • 13. 

    ________ is an essential component of plasters and plasterboard.

    • Apatite

    • Garnet

    • Talc

    • Gypsum

    Correct Answer
    A. Gypsum
  • 14. 

    Ore deposits of ________ form by prolonged, intense, tropical weathering of specific kinds of bedrock.

    • Silver

    • Mercury

    • Aluminum

    • Magnesium

    Correct Answer
    A. Aluminum
  • 15. 

    The Geysers and Larderello are ________ facilities in California and Italy, respectively.

    • Geothermal power

    • Hydroelectric

    • Copper mining

    • Diamond mining

    Correct Answer
    A. Geothermal power
  • 16. 

    ________ are both calcium-bearing minerals.

    • Calcite and gypsum

    • Bauxite and kaolin

    • Quartz and plagioclase

    • Halite and sylvite

    Correct Answer
    A. Calcite and gypsum
  • 17. 

    ________ are important fertilizer minerals with their correct elements.

    • Halite and calcite

    • Sylvite and gypsum

    • Cassiterite and albite

    • Apatite and sylvite

    Correct Answer
    A. Apatite and sylvite
  • 18. 

    Which one of the following statements is most likely correct?

    • By 2010, imported petroleum will account for over 50 % of U.S. consumption.

    • North and South America have about equal reserves of good-grade coals.

    • Coal imports into the United States have been rising steadily since about 1950.

    • By the year 2010, Russia and the republics of the former Soviet Union will probably be importing large amounts of petroleum from South Africa.

    Correct Answer
    A. By 2010, imported petroleum will account for over 50 % of U.S. consumption.
  • 19. 

    Comparatively speaking, the United States uses energy fuels and minerals ________.

    • So efficiently that only domestic coal, petroleum, and minerals are utilized

    • Less efficiently than other technologically advanced countries

    • Very efficiently, so consumption per person is below that in less industrialized countries like Brazil and Mexico

    • About equally as efficient as other technologically advanced countries

    Correct Answer
    A. Less efficiently than other technologically advanced countries
  • 20. 

    Sandstone is a much more common reservoir rock for petroleum than shale because ________.

    • Shale is more porous so the oil tends to leak out over time

    • Sandstones are more permeable than shales so subsurface flows of fluids tend to be directed through sandstone strata rather than through shales

    • Sandstone is more abundant than shale

    • Shales, especially black shales, are much richer in primary organic matter than are sandstones

    Correct Answer
    A. Sandstones are more permeable than shales so subsurface flows of fluids tend to be directed through sandstone strata rather than through shales
  • 21. 

    Chemical decomposition of ________ produces acidic soil waters that can cause secondary enrichment in copper and in other ore deposits.

    • Calcite

    • Quartz

    • Bauxite

    • Pyrite

    Correct Answer
    A. Pyrite
  • 22. 

    Which one of the following is a false statement concerning the Bingham Canyon mine?

    • Is the largest, open-pit copper mine in North America

    • Located in Utah near Salt Lake City

    • Most of the mineralized rock is part of an igneous rock pluton

    • The ore contains, on average, more than three percent by weight of copper

    Correct Answer
    A. The ore contains, on average, more than three percent by weight of copper
  • 23. 

    Cap rock and reservoir strata refer to accumulations of ________.

    • Sedimentary iron ore

    • Petroleum

    • Oil shale

    • Bedded rock salt

    Correct Answer
    A. Petroleum
  • 24. 

    Detrital grains of ________ are not likely to be concentrated in placer deposits.

    • Native gold

    • Diamond

    • Corundum

    • Gypsum

    Correct Answer
    A. Gypsum
  • 25. 

    ________ coal is typically found only in association with tightly folded strata.

    • Anthracite

    • Peat

    • Lignite

    • Bituminous

    Correct Answer
    A. Anthracite
  • 26. 

    The first, large-scale, commercial, geothermal, electrical power-generation facility in the United States was brought into production at ________.

    • Yellowstone National Park in 1925

    • Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1945

    • The Geysers, northern California in 1960

    • Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1970

    Correct Answer
    A. The Geysers, northern California in 1960
  • 27. 

    Coal and petroleum are considered to be fossil fuels because ________.

    • Their energy content was derived from ancient sunlight

    • Carbon dioxide, released when they burn, contributes to the greenhouse effect

    • Their oxygen and nitrogen content were derived from the ancient atmosphere

    • Coal beds and petroleum reservoir rocks contain abundant fossils

    Correct Answer
    A. Their energy content was derived from ancient sunlight
  • 28. 

    The world's largest plant for generating electricity from tides is ________.

    • Along the coast of California just north of San Francisco

    • In the Rance River estuary, Brittany, along the Atlantic coast of France

    • Along the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil

    • In the Netherlands along the Rhine River delta

    Correct Answer
    A. In the Rance River estuary, Brittany, along the Atlantic coast of France
  • 29. 

    ________, a rock-forming silicate mineral used as an insulator in electrical equipment, occurs as large crystals with quartz and feldspars in pegmatites.

    • Olivine

    • Hornblende

    • Graphite

    • Muscovite

    Correct Answer
    A. Muscovite
  • 30. 

    The world's largest, commercially developed tar sand deposit is ________.

    • Near Lake Athabasca in central Canada

    • In northern Brunei, Island of Borneo

    • In southern Iraq, near Basra

    • In northwestern Colorado, U.S.

    Correct Answer
    A. Near Lake Athabasca in central Canada
  • 31. 

    ________ is the mineral source of phosphorous in phosphate fertilizers.

    • Apatite

    • Garnet

    • Phosphorite

    • Kaolinite

    Correct Answer
    A. Apatite
  • 32. 

    The ________ formation, rich in oil shale strata, was deposited in early Tertiary lakes that once covered parts of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.

    • Red Lake

    • White Prairie

    • Blue Mountain

    • Green River

    Correct Answer
    A. Green River
  • 33. 

    Copper and copper-zinc sulfide deposits formed around ancient, seafloor, hot spring vents would be most likely to be found in ________.

    • An accretionary wedge complex

    • An exotic, oedipus complex

    • A far traveled, cratonic complex

    • An ophiolite complex

    Correct Answer
    A. An ophiolite complex
  • 34. 

    Which one of the following best describes how talc deposits might originate geologically?

    • Reaction of olivine and pyroxene with hydrothermal fluids during regional metamorphism

    • Reaction of hydrothermal fluids with quartz-rich sandstones during contact metamorphism

    • Dehydration of gypsum and limestone during contact metamorphism

    • High pressure metamorphism associated with impact of an asteroid or large meteorite

    Correct Answer
    A. Reaction of olivine and pyroxene with hydrothermal fluids during regional metamorphism
  • 35. 

    Graphite deposits typically form geologically ________.

    • As deposits around submarine, hot spring vents

    • By decomposition of humus and soil gases during intense, tropical weathering

    • As hydrothermal vein deposits in limestone around a granitic batholith

    • By regional metamorphism of organic-rich, black shales

    Correct Answer
    A. By regional metamorphism of organic-rich, black shales
  • 36. 

    Vein- or fissure-filling deposits of lead and zinc minerals would be more common in ________.

    • Impactites and shattered rock of a meteorite impact zone

    • Rocks of a contact-metamorphic zone formed around a shallow, granite pluton

    • Rocks formed in a deep, high-grade, regional-metamorphic zone

    • Rhyolitic lava flows interbedded with pyroclastics

    Correct Answer
    A. Rhyolitic lava flows interbedded with pyroclastics

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