Exam 20: Mineral and Energy Resources

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

Contact metamorphic skarn deposits of the mineral scheelite, located in BC and Yukon, are sources of the element ________.

Wind power has no detrimental side effects and is cheap to install.

________ is a solid waxy substance produced by deep burial of organic matter.

Vein- or fissure-filling deposits of native gold and silver, or copper and zinc sulphides, would be more common in ________.

Name two metals or metallic minerals found in VMS deposits on mid-ocean ridge or back-arc basin settings.

Many of the world's very large, disseminated, porphyry copper deposits formed in or near felsic to intermediate igneous plutons emplaced on convergent margins.

Led by Alberta, Canada has the world's largest petroleum reserves; Saudi Arabia is in second place.

Name three metals or minerals which are resistant and heavy enough to concentrate as placers.

Bauxite is a residual ore deposit of ________ formed by prolonged, intense, tropical weathering of granitic bedrock.

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

Which of the following statements is false?

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

From trapping ocean water, the world's largest tidal power plant for generating electricity is ________.

List three, different types of fossil fuels.

How much of Canada's mineral and metal products are exported?

Name a Canadian province that has wind farms.

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

What is the name of Canadian-made nuclear fission reactors?

Refer to the Canadian metallic deposits map (fig.20.4)to answer the question(s)below. -Put a diamond around any three base metal deposits associated with intermediate to felsic plutons emplaced in a convergent margin setting.