ESS 101 Midterm 2 questions with answers
Interest in alternative energy and mineral sources may
involve - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- producing
unconventional resources
- mining lower concentration deposits
- recovering resources from waste and recycling streams
- sourcing from countries with different political and/or
environmental stewardship philosophies
.Which of the following are not goals of the USGS
- Understand fundamental Earth processes that form
energy and mineral resources
- Provide inventories and assessments of energy and
mineral resources
- Understand the effects of energy and mineral
development on natural resources and society
- Set governmental policy on offshore drilling in the U.S.
- Understand the reliability and availability of energy and
mineral supplies - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Set
governmental policy on offshore drilling in the U.S.
The following mineral is used to filter drinking water:
, - Cadmium
- Diatomite
- Kaolin
- Tantalum
- Zinc - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔diatomite
what are the three types of Magma/lava - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔mafic-basalt, intermediate-andesite, felsic-
granite
Why does granitic composition magma rarely make it to
the surface? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Granitic magma is a
wet melt and the melting temp increases with decreasing
pressure so that is solidifies as is rises to the surface, as
pressure decrease
what happens to dry basaltic magma as it rises? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔it further melts as it rises to the
surface
where do shield volcanoes form? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔oceanic hot spots
where do strato volcanoes form - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔subduction zones
Interest in alternative energy and mineral sources may
involve - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- producing
unconventional resources
- mining lower concentration deposits
- recovering resources from waste and recycling streams
- sourcing from countries with different political and/or
environmental stewardship philosophies
.Which of the following are not goals of the USGS
- Understand fundamental Earth processes that form
energy and mineral resources
- Provide inventories and assessments of energy and
mineral resources
- Understand the effects of energy and mineral
development on natural resources and society
- Set governmental policy on offshore drilling in the U.S.
- Understand the reliability and availability of energy and
mineral supplies - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Set
governmental policy on offshore drilling in the U.S.
The following mineral is used to filter drinking water:
, - Cadmium
- Diatomite
- Kaolin
- Tantalum
- Zinc - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔diatomite
what are the three types of Magma/lava - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔mafic-basalt, intermediate-andesite, felsic-
granite
Why does granitic composition magma rarely make it to
the surface? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Granitic magma is a
wet melt and the melting temp increases with decreasing
pressure so that is solidifies as is rises to the surface, as
pressure decrease
what happens to dry basaltic magma as it rises? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔it further melts as it rises to the
surface
where do shield volcanoes form? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔oceanic hot spots
where do strato volcanoes form - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔subduction zones
