Geology - Chapter 12 Activity
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1. Consider the various ways in which oil pollution D. oil residue on roadways and
can reach the North American oceans. The greatest oil dumped in storm drains
amount of oil pollution comes from which of the
following sources?
A. oil leakage from offshore drilling platforms
B. purposeful dumping of oil-contaminated bilge
water from cruise ships
C. large oil tanker accidents near ports and in
rivers
D. oil residue on roadways and oil dumped in storm
drains
2. Which characteristics are essential to defining a A. It contains enough ore to
geologic occurrence as an ore deposit? make mining economical
A. It contains enough ore to make mining econom- D. It has a high concentration of
ical. a metal
B. The ore is easily extractable.
C. The ore is visible to the naked eye.
D. It has a high concentration of a metal.
3. Which of the following energy sources can trace E. biofuels
their origin directly back to solar energy trapped F. natural gas
by photosynthesis? H. oil
A. coal A. coal
B. nuclear fission
C. geothermal energy
D. hydroelectric energy
E. biofuels
F. natural gas
G. photovoltaic cells
H. oil
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4. Drag the labels to the correct pointers on the dia- Left to Right
gram of a nuclear power plant reactor, Containment structure,
A cooling towers turbine and generator, power
B containment structure lines, reactor
C turbine and generator
D power lines
E reactor
5. Sort the energy resources depicted below based on Renewable: wind, solar, geot-
whether they are renewable or nonrenewable hermal, biofuel
coal
solar Nonrenewable: oil, nuclear, coal
biofuel
nuclear
oil
geothermal
wind
6. Identify the following oil and gas traps by matching Top left to right
them with their respective names. In the diagrams, anticline, stratigraphic,
oil layers are colored black and gas layers are col- salt-dome, fault
ored light blue. Sedimentary layers are shown in
white or various shades of brown, gray, or red.
A salt-dome trap
B fault trap
C anticline trap
D stratigraphic trap
7. Select statements true of shale gas Shale gas cannot escape be-
A. Shale gas cannot escape because it is locked into cause it is locked into imperme-
impermeable shale. able shale.
B. Shale gas is a natural gas reserve. Shale gas is a natural gas re-
2/5
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1. Consider the various ways in which oil pollution D. oil residue on roadways and
can reach the North American oceans. The greatest oil dumped in storm drains
amount of oil pollution comes from which of the
following sources?
A. oil leakage from offshore drilling platforms
B. purposeful dumping of oil-contaminated bilge
water from cruise ships
C. large oil tanker accidents near ports and in
rivers
D. oil residue on roadways and oil dumped in storm
drains
2. Which characteristics are essential to defining a A. It contains enough ore to
geologic occurrence as an ore deposit? make mining economical
A. It contains enough ore to make mining econom- D. It has a high concentration of
ical. a metal
B. The ore is easily extractable.
C. The ore is visible to the naked eye.
D. It has a high concentration of a metal.
3. Which of the following energy sources can trace E. biofuels
their origin directly back to solar energy trapped F. natural gas
by photosynthesis? H. oil
A. coal A. coal
B. nuclear fission
C. geothermal energy
D. hydroelectric energy
E. biofuels
F. natural gas
G. photovoltaic cells
H. oil
1/5
, Geology - Chapter 12 Activity
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_8rkqto
4. Drag the labels to the correct pointers on the dia- Left to Right
gram of a nuclear power plant reactor, Containment structure,
A cooling towers turbine and generator, power
B containment structure lines, reactor
C turbine and generator
D power lines
E reactor
5. Sort the energy resources depicted below based on Renewable: wind, solar, geot-
whether they are renewable or nonrenewable hermal, biofuel
coal
solar Nonrenewable: oil, nuclear, coal
biofuel
nuclear
oil
geothermal
wind
6. Identify the following oil and gas traps by matching Top left to right
them with their respective names. In the diagrams, anticline, stratigraphic,
oil layers are colored black and gas layers are col- salt-dome, fault
ored light blue. Sedimentary layers are shown in
white or various shades of brown, gray, or red.
A salt-dome trap
B fault trap
C anticline trap
D stratigraphic trap
7. Select statements true of shale gas Shale gas cannot escape be-
A. Shale gas cannot escape because it is locked into cause it is locked into imperme-
impermeable shale. able shale.
B. Shale gas is a natural gas reserve. Shale gas is a natural gas re-
2/5
