Gly Test 3 Practice Ch 23
- 1.________ coal is typically found only in association with tightly folded strata.
- A.
Anthracite
- B.
Peat
- C.
Lignite
- D.
Bituminous
- 2.Cap rock and reservoir strata refer to accumulations of ________.
- A.
Sedimentary iron ore
- B.
Petroleum
- C.
Oil shale
- D.
Bedded rock salt
- 3.________ is too soft to be used as an abrasive for steel, glasses, and most silicate rocks.
- A.
Corundum
- B.
Diamond
- C.
Calcite
- D.
Garnet
- 4.Comparatively speaking, the United States uses energy fuels and minerals ________.
- A.
So efficiently that only domestic coal, petroleum, and minerals are utilized
- B.
Less efficiently than other technologically advanced countries
- C.
Very efficiently, so consumption per person is below that in less industrialized countries like Brazil and Mexico
- D.
About equally as efficient as other technologically advanced countries
- 5.________ is a nonrenewable resource.
- A.
Solar power
- B.
Water
- C.
Petroleum
- D.
Timber
- 6.The world's largest plant for generating electricity from tides is ________.
- A.
Along the coast of California just north of San Francisco
- B.
In the Rance River estuary, Brittany, along the Atlantic coast of France
- C.
Along the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil
- D.
In the Netherlands along the Rhine River delta
- 7.Vein- or fissure-filling deposits of lead and zinc minerals would be more common in ________.
- A.
Impactites and shattered rock of a meteorite impact zone
- B.
Rocks of a contact-metamorphic zone formed around a shallow, granite pluton
- C.
Rocks formed in a deep, high-grade, regional-metamorphic zone
- D.
Rhyolitic lava flows interbedded with pyroclastics
- 8.Ore deposits of ________ form by prolonged, intense, tropical weathering of specific kinds of bedrock.
- A.
Silver
- B.
Mercury
- C.
Aluminum
- D.
Magnesium
- 9.Chemical decomposition of ________ produces acidic soil waters that can cause secondary enrichment in copper and in other ore deposits.
- A.
Calcite
- B.
Quartz
- C.
Bauxite
- D.
Pyrite
- 10.Bauxite is an ore of ________.
- A.
Iron
- B.
Tin
- C.
Gold
- D.
Aluminum
- 11.Detrital grains of ________ are not likely to be concentrated in placer deposits.
- A.
Native gold
- B.
Diamond
- C.
Corundum
- D.
Gypsum
- 12.The Geysers and Larderello are ________ facilities in California and Italy, respectively.
- A.
Geothermal power
- B.
Hydroelectric
- C.
Copper mining
- D.
Diamond mining
- 13.________ are both calcium-bearing minerals.
- A.
Calcite and gypsum
- B.
Bauxite and kaolin
- C.
Quartz and plagioclase
- D.
Halite and sylvite
- 14.Which one of the following is a false statement concerning the Bingham Canyon mine?
- A.
Is the largest, open-pit copper mine in North America
- B.
Located in Utah near Salt Lake City
- C.
Most of the mineralized rock is part of an igneous rock pluton
- D.
The ore contains, on average, more than three percent by weight of copper
- 15.________ are important fertilizer minerals with their correct elements.
- A.
Halite and calcite
- B.
Sylvite and gypsum
- C.
Cassiterite and albite
- D.
Apatite and sylvite
- 16.________ are used as abrasives.
- A.
Diamond and garnet
- B.
Calcite and gypsum
- C.
Apatite and galena
- D.
Talc and graphite
- 17.By the year 2015, the world's population will probably have just reached or slightly surpassed ________ people.
- A.
70 million
- B.
7 billion
- C.
70 billion
- D.
7 million
- 18.The United States, with about 6 % of the world's population, uses about ________ of the world's total, annual, energy production.
- A.
9%
- B.
30%
- C.
3%
- D.
15%
- 19.________ supplies the largest percentage of energy consumed annually in the United States.
- A.
Petroleum
- B.
Coal
- C.
Hydroelectricity
- D.
Uranium
- 20.________ accounts for the majority of the coal burned annually in the United States.
- A.
Production of carbon black, synthetic diamonds, and graphite
- B.
Coke manufacture for the steel industry
- C.
Home and industrial space heating
- D.
Generation of electricity
- 21.Of the following fossil fuels, ________ is most likely to have the lowest sulfur content and smallest volume of solid ash residue.
- A.
Bituminous coal
- B.
Natural gas
- C.
Lignite
- D.
Heavy, asphaltic, crude oil
- 22.Coal and petroleum are considered to be fossil fuels because ________.
- A.
Their energy content was derived from ancient sunlight
- B.
Carbon dioxide, released when they burn, contributes to the greenhouse effect
- C.
Their oxygen and nitrogen content were derived from the ancient atmosphere
- D.
Coal beds and petroleum reservoir rocks contain abundant fossils
- 23.________ has the largest, current production and reserves of crude oil.
- A.
Offshore Japan
- B.
Texas
- C.
Central and eastern Saudi Arabia
- D.
The North Sea field
- 24.Sandstone is a much more common reservoir rock for petroleum than shale because ________.
- A.
Shale is more porous so the oil tends to leak out over time
- B.
Sandstones are more permeable than shales so subsurface flows of fluids tend to be directed through sandstone strata rather than through shales
- C.
Sandstone is more abundant than shale
- D.
Shales, especially black shales, are much richer in primary organic matter than are sandstones
- 25.The world's largest, commercially developed tar sand deposit is ________.
- A.
Near Lake Athabasca in central Canada
- B.
In northern Brunei, Island of Borneo
- C.
In southern Iraq, near Basra
- D.
In northwestern Colorado, U.S.
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