Unit 7 Quiz 1 Review: Resources, Extraction, & Transportation

Nonrenewable resources are those that will...

• two of these are correct

• run out sometime in the near future

• be replaced faster than we use them

• be replaced slower than we use them

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What is one extraction method that can be used to obtain oil or natural gas?

• mountaintop removal

• underground hard rock mining

• fracking

• open-pit mining

Organic material that can be used or burned to obtain energy is called ______.

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What are the three sustainability factors?

• social, economic, and financial

• environmental, economic, and family

• social, economic, and environmental

• economic, machinery, and time management

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When we are trying to determine the most sustainable option, we weigh our three factors and make a decision. What is this process called?

• good vs bad equation

• cost-benefit calculation

• sustainability project

• cost-benefit analysis

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The best transportation method to use when hauling lumber, oil, and gasoline shorter distances would be ______.

The most fuel efficient transportation method is...

• railway

• trucks

• ships

• pipelines

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Which description best fits open-pit mining?

• removing the top of a mountain to expose a seam of material

• vertical drilling into the ground and installing hydraulic pumps

• digging a large hole into the ground to obtain resources that are closer to the surface

• vertical and horizontal drilling used to obtain natural gas or oil

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Which of the following could be a social cost to mountaintop removal?

• Animal habitat will be removed and ecosystems disturbed

• people are worried about losing beautiful mountain recreation areas

• vegetation will be destroyed in the mining process

• the explosives are only able to be purchased in certain states in the US

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Which of the following could be an economic benefit of conventional drilling?

• oil can be made into many products that can be sold

• oil or natural gas could leak out of the well and into nearby soil

• few workers would be needed to facilitate drilling

• drill sites are not very nice to look at

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