EVR Ch 11

Tsunamis are caused by ________. global climate change hot water entering the oceans from undersea faults abnormally high and sustained winds abrupt changes in temperature of seawater the displacement of sea water by volcanoes, earthquakes or coastal landslides

Longer projected lifetimes for scarce minerals can be achieved with all of the following, EXCEPT: finding more available substitutes for these minerals. lowering prices for products using these minerals. researching more efficient extraction techniques. recycling. exploring for new mineral reserves

Coltan ore contains ________. coal uranium tantalum cobalt aluminum

Where do large-scale strike-slip faults, which cut through the entire lithosphere, occur? At tactile plate boundaries At convergent plate boundaries At transform plate boundaries At divergent plate boundaries

Which of the following can help humans mitigate the negative impact of floods? diking rivers banning the requirement for flood insurance zoning laws to reduce building in flood zones damming rivers

Which of the following happened first? The Appalachian Mountains begin to form. The North Atlantic Ocean begins to form. The formation of Pangaea. The mountains of Southern Asia and Europe begin to form.

Continental rifting formed which of the following? Ice age glaciers Pangaea North Atlantic Ocean Mountains of Southern Asia and Europe

Which of the following occurred about 21,000 years ago? India breaks off from Antarctica and begins moving north toward Asia. The North Atlantic Ocean begins to form. The formation of the ice age glaciers. The Appalachian Mountains finish forming

__________, a commonly mined energy resource, is not a mineral. Coal Limestone Potash Uranium

For the Afghan people, which of the following would be the most useful benefit from mining profits? creation of improved roads into and around mining sites for corporate transport and mining machinery use of the U.S. military to provide security at mines establishment of high-end tourist hotels for visiting foreign mine executives and their families training for Afghan mining technicians and establishment of Afghan mining institutes permanent enclaves of foreign scientists and mine managers located near mining sites

It takes ________ energy to produce aluminum from ore than to obtain it from recycled sources. 20 times more 20 times less 7 times more roughly the same amount of 7 times les

Earthquakes are likely to occur ________. at the boundaries of igneous and sedimentary rock along tectonic plate boundaries where there is movement in areas far from tectonic plate boundaries as a result of volcanic activity where the mantle and the crust make contact

Tantalum is needed for mobile phones, and the Congo is a major supplier of this metal. Which of these is true of how mining for tantalum has occurred in the Congo? The tantalum miners are rapidly becoming wealthy and improving conditions in their country. Profits from tantalum mining have helped fuel a war that has killed more than 5 million people. Most tantalum mining is being done by large multinational corporations. The profits from the mining operations have been used to establish and maintain parks and reserves to protect the Congo's natural heritage.

Heavy landscape damage and water pollution have occurred in ________ as a result of ________. Florida; open pit mining of limestone Mississippi; strip mining for uranium San Francisco; placer mining for gold Appalachia; mountaintop removal mining for coal Canada; subsurface mining for oil sands

Why is coltan such a valuable mined resource? Coltan contains tantalite, which yields the element tantalum. Tantalum is required for microprocessors such as the ones in your cell phone. Coltan contains columbite. Columbite is required for microprocessors such as the ones in your cell phone. The tantalum in coltan is a precious metal used in jewelry. Coltan is a source of energy that is used to power cell phones.

How is coltan generally mined? mountaintop removal panning of the various rivers in the Congo quarrying digging tunnels

During the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), how did the exploitation of coltan and the coltan miners harm both the environment and the people that lived there? Erosion exacerbated the release of toxic metals such as mercury. The products of mining were seized from the miners. The conflict in the DR Congo resulted in chemical factories being built in the jungle. Endangered species were hunted for food.

Many types of mining, such as for coal, produce a specific type of water pollution called ________. eutrophication acid drainage suspended limestone particles sludge chlorinated pesticide

Which of the following are responsible for the formation of the world's highest mountains, the Himalayas? Transform plate boundaries Tactile plate boundaries Divergent plate boundaries Convergent plate boundaries

This type of mining often results in highly contaminated areas (holes in the ground called quarries) when toxic sulfides from the ore react and produce sulfuric acid. Subsurface mining Open-pit mining Mountaintop removal mining Strip mining

You have been appointed as a chief advisor for the MIDAS project. As far as costs of restoration and reclamation of mining sites, you should strongly recommend that ________. the U.S. EPA should oversee the operation and pay for it the U.S. military should take responsibility for all costs incurred the costs be shared by the Afghan central government and also by the most powerful tribal leaders any corporation wishing to invest should post a bond for reclamation and hire Afghans to do the work the Afghan central government should take responsibility for all costs incurred

Subsurface mining is used extensively in the extraction of ________. limestone, natural gas, and peat coal, diamonds, and gold organic soils for landscaping coltan

Minerals are components of ________. the lithosphere soil horizons sedimentary rocks the troposphere organic components of Earth's crust

What is the mechanism behind the movement of Earth's tectonic plates? The oceans extend deep into the lithosphere, which allows for the drifting movement of the overlying crust. Intense heat from the lithosphere generates convection. Intense heat from deep within the Earth generates convection. Earth's outer core is a liquid that generates convection, allowing for tectonic plate movement.

Which of the following correctly represents the basic layers of Earth from the innermost to the outermost? Crust, mantle, and core Core, mantle, and crust Core, crust, and mantle Crust, core, and mantle

Earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides can displace large volumes of water in the ocean and trigger which of the following natural disasters? Tornadoes Mass wasting Lahars Tsunamis

Which of these materials is NOT currently mined from the ocean floor? Sulfur Sand Silica manganese nodule

A(n) ________ is a solid aggregation of ________. element; crystals crystal; rocks mineral; rocks rock; minerals mineral; crystals

Examples of valuable nonmetallic minerals extracted by mining include ________. sand, gravel, and phosphates radon, radium, and sodium lead, cadmium, and mercury nitrogen, hydrogen, and neon gold, platinum, and copper

The modern United States uses substantial amounts of mined minerals every year. The largest category of mined products we use is coal, oil, and natural gas, which are used to supply us with energy. What is the second-largest category of mined minerals used in modern America? Salt Iron Clay Aluminum Sand, gravel, and stone

Plate tectonic movement results from ________. molten materials from the core escaping to the surface convective movements of rock in the underlying mantle high surface winds and erosion unstable surface rock formations mass wasting

All else being equal, increased recycling will ________. increase the lifetime of economically recoverable metals increase the amount of economically recoverable metals shift extraction and mining methods to technically recoverable metals result in discoveries of new metal deposits cause a sharp rise in the price of metals

Which of these leads to uncertainty in our ability to predict how long a mineral resource will last? changing rates of mineral recycling development of new extraction technologies changes in product technologies that use minerals all of the above

Sedimentary rock is formed ________. from the vaporization of organic material by magma as sediments are pressed together and infiltrated by minerals when igneous rock cools from the heating of igneous rock by the heat of Earth's core by the melting of metamorphic rock

Within which of the following layers of Earth does plate tectonic movement occur? Asthenosphere Lithosphere Core Mantle

At ________ plate boundaries, tectonic plates are pushed away from each other when magma rises to the surface, creating new crust. trench divergent transform subvergent convergent

The newest bonanza for recycling scarce and toxic metals is to recover them from ________. car batteries closed landfills compact discs, LPs, and 8-track tapes e-wastes construction dump sites

If a significant amount of extrusive igneous rock is found in an area, one would expect to also find evidence of _________ in the area. Volcanoes Flooding Tornadoes Geysers

Which of the following areas would experience the most devastation after an earthquake? a marsh-like environment that was filled with landfill in order to build a city a city that has invested in strengthening structural components in older buildings a city built with strict codes in place to allow for flexible buildings a city built on a thick bed of stone

Coal mining involves which two of the following mining techniques? strip mining and placer mining subsurface mining and placer mining solution mining and subsurface mining strip mining and subsurface mining

The dwindling supplies of rare strategic metals such as indium, tantalum, and platinum may be extended if we rigorously ________. relax environmental requirements for mining recycle existing supplies reduce demands for social and economic justice increase demand for the products in which they are used exploit known deposits more efficiently

Earth's mantle ________. is formed by plate boundaries is the outermost part of the earth's crust is located in Pangaea surrounds the core as a thick, elastic rock formation is composed of molten metals

Which of the following U.S. states would be least likely to be affected by a tsunami? Kansas Massachusetts California Rhode Island

Most mineral resources occur __________. in the south far inland along the coasts in desert areas None of the listed responses are correct.

Select Physical Features. Diamonds are mined primarily at which elevation? below sea level 200-499 meters 500-1999 meters 2000-3999 meters above 4000 meters

Coal is mined only in which country? Mozambique South Africa Botswana Zambia Coal is mined in all of these countries.

Gold is mined only __________. along the coasts in the south along rivers or lakes in the central regions

Which of the following minerals is the least common in this region? coal lead gold platinum iron ore

The Pacific "ring of fire" is a volcanic area where ________. pyroclastic flow has caused landslides there are many earthquakes and active plate boundaries there is a great deal of mass wasting sedimentary rock is being formed from igneous rock there is severe coastal erosion

Strip mining, subsurface mining, and solution mining all take place in which "sphere" of the planet? Lithosphere Hydrosphere Atmosphere Magnetosphere

Several times a year volcanoes erupt along the Aleutian Island chain in southern Alaska. What geologic feature is responsible for these hazardous events? convergent plate boundary divergent plate boundary continental collision

All of the following metals are found in cell phones EXCEPT: gold. platinum. sodium. copper. silver.