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Geology Chapter 17 Quiz

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1.
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_______ is an unusual mixture of ice and methane.
2.
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Uranium is found in ________.
3.
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Some geologic resources are ____, that is, they are replenished by natural processes fast enough that people can use them continuously.
4.
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In terms of plate tectonics, future oil reservoirs form most easily in areas ____.
5.
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Most copper ores are ___.
6.
1 point
The major iron ore minerals are _____.
7.
1 point
The United States has enormous quantities of oil in __.
8.
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A barrel of oil contains ______ U.S. gallons.
9.
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The ore-forming process of ______ occurs as early-forming minerals settle to the bottom of a cooling magma.
10.
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______ is the initial stage in the development of coal.
11.
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Once oil is formed it must accumulate in concentrations that can be drilled and pumped, these concentrations are called ________.
12.
1 point
The United States has established a permanent nuclear waste repository ______.
13.
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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.
14.
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Most hydrothermal ores are metallic __________.
15.
1 point
The _____ resources include building stones and road gravels.
16.
1 point
____ resources enable us to create the metals used in our world today.
17.
1 point
Gas hydrate contains ____.
18.
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A ____ is the term used to describe the total amount of any given geologic material of potential economic interest, whether discovered or not.
19.
1 point
Phosphate is produced from _____.
20.
1 point
Most geologic resources are ____, they form very slowly and are extracted much faster than nature replaces them.
21.
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The petroleum window is the depth between ______ to ______ feet through which sapropel must pass to transform into oil.
22.
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The two largest oil fields in the United States are in __________.
23.
1 point
Evaporite deposits are important sources of ___.
24.
1 point
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 ____.
25.
1 point
Pencil lead is made of _____.
26.
1 point
At the current rate of consumption, United States recoverable coal reserves will be exhausted in ______ years.
27.
1 point
The recoverable reserve for coal in the United States is _______.
28.
1 point
A pound of ordinary bituminous coal typically contains ______ percent carbon.
29.
1 point
There are two basic forms of energy categories, ____ energy is stored energy.
30.
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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.
31.
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Counting tar sands, _______ has the second largest oil reserves in the world.
32.
1 point
This type of geologic resource provides the power that drives the modern world.
33.
1 point
Gold is found in ____.
34.
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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 ________
35.
1 point
New oil is born where _____.
36.
1 point
The world's largest geothermal power plant is at ____.
37.
1 point
Economic deposits of petroleum require _____.
38.
1 point
In 1900 more than _____ percent of America's energy needs were satisfied by burning coal.
39.
1 point
Although technically not coal, the first material to form in the coal cycle is ___.
40.
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Geological resources sustain life, and the most fundamental of these resources are _____.
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