Exam 20: Mineral and Energy Resources

________ is when long-wave radiation is absorbed by carbon dioxide, methane and other gases in the atmosphere, inducing global warming.

________ is the rarer, hard, high carbon coal that occurs only in tightly folded strata or in contact-metamorphic zones associated with igneous intrusions.

SEDEX, stratiform, and MVT ores are classified as magmatic deposits.

Of the electrical power generated each year in Canada, <15% is supplied by nuclear power plants while hydroelectric dams supply > 50%.

What are the two principal uses of coal? ________ and ________ used in steel production.

Which of the following is not a process that produces metallic magmatic deposits?

How much of Canada's electricity needs are met with nuclear power?

Refer to the Canadian metallic deposits map (fig.20.4)to answer the question(s)below. -Put a big triangle around a mine in a Precambrian iron formation.

Which of the following are not considered industrial minerals?

Hydroelectric dams last for millennia and require no maintenance.

________ is the main fuel used in nuclear fission reactors to produce electricity because it is the only natural isotope capable of sustaining a controlled fission reaction.

Resources include ________ that are already identified deposits from which valuable materials can be extracted profitably.

Where did North America's worst oil-caused environmental disaster occur?

The Strait of Georgia in British Columbia has North America's only tidal power plant.

Copper-zinc sulphide deposits formed around an ancient, seafloor, "black-smoker" hot spring vent would be most likely to be found in ________.

________ is trapped in the pore spaces of coal seams and detrital sediments and is a potential source of energy.

Which of the following is not an ingredient of cement?

Which of the following is not a renewable energy resource?

The mineral apatite is mined as the source of ________.

How many homes might the Meager Creek geothermal area of British Columbia heat each year if developed?