Physics Chapter 23 What are two ways solar energy is collected

8) What are two ways solar energy is collected for electrical consumption?

9) What is the difference between a resource and a reserve?

10) How does a reserve differ from an ore?

11) ________ occurs when weathering concentrates minor amounts of metals scattered through

unweathered rock into economically valuable concentrations.

12) Aluminum laterite is also known as ________.

13) List three minerals that can be extracted from placer deposits.

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23.4 Matching Questions

Determine whether the following materials are renewable or nonrenewable resources. (Note:

Your choices will be used more than once.)

A) Renewable

B) Nonrenewable

1) Aluminum

Diff: 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge

Global Sci Out: 7

Section: 23.1 – Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Focus/Concepts: 23.1

Earth Science LO: 7.3 – Natural resources are limited.

2) Petroleum

Diff: 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge

Global Sci Out: 7

Section: 23.1 – Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Focus/Concepts: 23.1

Earth Science LO: 7.3 – Natural resources are limited.

3) Wood

Diff: 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge

Global Sci Out: 7

Section: 23.1 – Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Focus/Concepts: 23.1

Earth Science LO: 7.3 – Natural resources are limited.

4) Iron Ore

Diff: 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge

Global Sci Out: 7

Section: 23.1 – Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Focus/Concepts: 23.1

Earth Science LO: 7.3 – Natural resources are limited.

5) Cattle

Diff: 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge

Global Sci Out: 7

Section: 23.1 – Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Focus/Concepts: 23.1

Earth Science LO: 7.3 – Natural resources are limited.

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Match the diagram with the appropriate oil trap term.

A) Salt Dome

B) Stratigraphic Trap

C) Anticline

D) Fault Trap

6)

Diff: 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Application

Global Sci Out: 3

Section: 23.2 – Energy Resources – Traditional Fossil Fuels

Focus/Concepts: 23.2

Earth Science LO: 7.9 – Fossil fuels and uranium currently provide most of our energy

resources.

7)

Diff: 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Application

Global Sci Out: 3

Section: 23.2 – Energy Resources – Traditional Fossil Fuels

Focus/Concepts: 23.2

Earth Science LO: 7.9 – Fossil fuels and uranium currently provide most of our energy

resources.

8)

Diff: 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Application

Global Sci Out: 3

Section: 23.2 – Energy Resources – Traditional Fossil Fuels

Focus/Concepts: 23.2

Earth Science LO: 7.9 – Fossil fuels and uranium currently provide most of our energy

resources.

9)

Diff: 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Application

Global Sci Out: 3

Section: 23.2 – Energy Resources – Traditional Fossil Fuels

Focus/Concepts: 23.2

Earth Science LO: 7.9 – Fossil fuels and uranium currently provide most of our energy

resources.

Match the type of renewable energy with the source that generates it.

A) Falling water pushes turbines

B) Trapping underground reservoirs of steam and hot water

C) Organic material that can be burned

D) Turbines are driven by rising and falling levels of coastal water

10) Geothermal Energy

Diff: 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge

Global Sci Out: 7

Section: 23.5 – Renewable Energy

Focus/Concepts: 23.5

Earth Science LO: 7.10 – Earth scientists help society move toward greater sustainability.

11) Hydroelectric Energy

Diff: 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge

Global Sci Out: 7

Section: 23.5 – Renewable Energy

Focus/Concepts: 23.5

Earth Science LO: 7.10 – Earth scientists help society move toward greater sustainability.

12) Tidal Energy

Diff: 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge

Global Sci Out: 7

Section: 23.5 – Renewable Energy

Focus/Concepts: 23.5

Earth Science LO: 7.10 – Earth scientists help society move toward greater sustainability.

13) Biofuels

Diff: 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge

Global Sci Out: 7

Section: 23.5 – Renewable Energy

Focus/Concepts: 23.5

Earth Science LO: 7.10 – Earth scientists help society move toward greater sustainability.

23.5 Essay Questions

1) Is water a renewable or nonrenewable resource? Explain.

2) Evaluate the various traps for petroleum and natural gas. Assuming you have a good

geological knowledge for the area, which would be the easiest to locate? Which would be the

most difficult? Would any provide a source for natural resources other than petroleum and

natural gas?

3) One of the hot-button political issues at the beginning of the 21st century involved the

proposal to drill for oil beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Proponents of drilling

argued that the oil recovered would reduce American dependence on foreign oil and would

stimulate the economy. Those against drilling argued there would be significant environmental

harm, the reserves would be too small to have a major impact on foreign oil dependence, and that

the time it would take to develop the infrastructure would mean result in to immediate relief.

Which side do you think was right? Support your argument.

4) In March 1979, the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania suffered a partial-

meltdown of one of its reactors, resulting in the release of small amounts of radioactive gases

and radioactive iodine. Public confidence in the use of nuclear power dropped and some

locations put moratoriums on the construction of new power plants. Today, with concerns for the

rising cost of petroleum and global temperature rise, nuclear power advocates are stating that the

United States should ease restrictions on nuclear energy. Nuclear opponents cite radiation

concerns and the 2011 nuclear incident at Fukushima, Japan, in the wake of the earthquake and

tsunami. Explain your stance on nuclear energy. Support your argument with advantages and

disadvantages. With this information, should nuclear power plant expansion be allowed and

why?

5) Discuss the advantages and the disadvantages of four renewable energy sources.

6) Consider the various renewable energy resources and decide which would be the best one for

your community. Support your position.

23.6 Visual

1)

This image shows the annual per capita consumption of various economically important

materials. Based on this figure, does the average American use more metallic or nonmetallic

resources?

2)

What percentage of metallic resources consumed is copper?

3)

Of all the mineral and energy resources in this figure, which is the most important resource in

terms of quantity consumed?

4)

Which energy use in this image requires the largest percentage of coal?

5)

For which applications (according to this image) is nuclear power used?

6)

What percentage of the energy used by the industrial sector is from petroleum?

7)

Based on the average heat values shown on Figure 3, which do you think is bituminous coal?

8)

Which state of the following does not have deposits of anthracite coal?

A. Virginia

B. Pennsylvania

C. Illinois

D. Rhode Island

9)

Where are the northernmost deposits of low-grade coal in the United States?